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| Stainforth Force, North Yorkshire | ||
| Stainforth Force | ||
| site name:- | Ribble, River | |
| locality:- | Stainforth | |
| county:- | North Yorkshire | |
| locality type:- | waterfall | |
| coordinates:- | SD818671 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD8167 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD86 | |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) placename:- Stainforth Force |
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| 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. goto sourcePage 208:- "..." "... proceed through Little Stainforth to STAINFORTH FORCE, which lies about fifty yards south of the bridge over the Ribble. This pretty cascade is formed by a succession of steppes or ledges in the strata which form the bed of the river, until it ends in a fall of six or seven feet." |
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