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Catrigg Force, North Yorkshire
Catrigg Force
site name:-   Stainforth Beck
locality:-   Stainforth
county:-   North Yorkshire
locality type:-   waterfall
coordinates:-   SD831671
1Km square:-   SD8367
10Km square:-   SD86

evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Catterick Force
source data:-   Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.
image OT80P208, button  goto source
Page 208:-  "..."
"Proceed to Stainforth, and inquire the road to"
"CATTERICK FORCE, a splendid waterfall, about half a mile from the village. This spot is similar in detail to Easgill, but having a perpetual supply of water, its effect is always sublime."

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