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Page 203:-
a number of cavities all over the mountain, resembling inverted
cones; the most remarkable is 'Barefoot Wives' Hole,' a large
funnel-shaped pit, 50 yards in diameter, and about 26 yards deep.
It is always dry, the water which may flow into it being
swallowed amongst the loose stones at the bottom. These pits are
said to be similar to those found on the Mounts Etna and
Vesuvius. Ingleborough, or 'The Station of Fire,' has doubtless
been, in the time of the Romans, a place of defence, and a beacon
of 'smoke by day and fire by night' to communicate the
intelligence of any irruption or insurrection to the surrounding
castelli and encampments.
Soft twilight hues are blending o'er thee now,
Hill of my native vale; 'mid cloudless skies
Thy giant cliffs in peaceful grandeur rise,
And the light mists are wreathed round thy brow;
Erewhile the thunder cloud's abiding place
Where closed the elements in fearful strife -
Yet of its ravages the tempest rife
With desolation, there has left no trace
Distinguishable 'neath the purple vest
Of Ev'ning, now thy form enveloping.
Like thine, the Wanderer's eve with peace be blest,
The troubles o'er Life's dark day chequering:
And Hope to cheer him, still in mercy given,
Then gently guide him to her native heaven.[1]
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Ingleton
Ingleton church
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In the Parochial Chapel of INGLETON,- a village situate on the
confines of the West-Riding of Yorkshire, and on a lofty bank of
the Greeta, one of the
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For this and the preceding Sonnet on Ravenwray, we are indebted
to a Reverend Vicar - a school-fellow, class-fellow, and, through
life, a dear friend of ours - who lived beloved - close by the
scenery he so well portrays - and died alike lamented by all,
high and low, rich and poor. He was the only man we have known
who had, what is vulgarly called, 'the good word' of every body.
To him we are also beholden for the description of the Norman
Font in Ingleton Church, as well as for being instrumental in the
bringing out of a drawing of it by a Yorkshire artist, Mr. Binns,
of Halifax - as accurate as his portraits: we can give it no
higher panegyric.
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-- (beacon, Ingleborough)
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-- "Barefoot Wives' Hole" -- Braithwaite Wife Hole
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-- Ingleborough
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-- Ingleton
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