Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	Fairweather Sykes
county:-	North Yorkshire
locality type:-	river
1Km square:-	SD7475
10Km square:-	SD77
references:-	West 1778
evidence:-	descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821)  placename:-  Fairweather Sykes
source data:-	Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.   goto source Tour to the Caves in the West Riding of Yorkshire, late 18th century  Page 263:-  "... Several springs have their origin near the summit [of Ingleborough], particularly one on the north side, of pure and well-tasted water, called Fair-weather Sykes, which runs down by the side of a sheep-fence wall into a chasm called Meir Gill. All the other springs, as well as this, when they come to the limestone base, are swallowed"   goto source Page 264:-  "up, and after running perhaps a mile underground, make their appearance once again in the surrounding vales, and then wind in various courses to the Lune or the Ribble, which empty themselves into the Irish Sea. ..."

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