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Gearstones, North Yorkshire
Gearstones
county:-   North Yorkshire
locality type:-   inn
coordinates:-   SD782800
1Km square:-   SD7880
10Km square:-   SD78

evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Gearstones
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.
image WS21P270, button  goto source
Tour to the Caves in the West Riding of Yorkshire, late 18th century 
Page 270:-  "..."
"We now [after climbing Whernside] shaped our course back to Winterscales, and from thence to a public-house called Gearstones, by the side of the turnpike road, at the bottom of the mountain Cam. Here we refreshed ourselves, and left our horses, while we went about half a mile to the south, to explore another subterranean wonder of nature called Catknot-hole. ..."

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