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Giggleswick Scar, North Yorkshire
Giggleswick Scar
locality:-   Giggleswick
county:-   North Yorkshire
locality type:-   hill
locality type:-   rocks
1Km square:-   SD8065
10Km square:-   SD86

evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Giggleswick Scar
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 WS21P276, button  goto source
Tour to the Caves in the West Riding of Yorkshire, late 18th century 
Page 276:-  "..."
"About a quarter of a mile before we arrived at Settle, we turned to the right, along the road towards Kirkby-Lonsdale, about a mile, under the high and romantic rocks called Giggleswick-scar, in order to see the well by the way-side, ..."

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