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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 | |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) placename:- Giggleswick Scar |
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| 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 sourceTour 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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