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| Hardraw Force, North Yorkshire | ||
| Hardraw Force | ||
| site name:- | Hardraw Beck | |
| locality:- | Hardraw | |
| county:- | North Yorkshire | |
| locality type:- | waterfall | |
| 1Km square:- | SD8691 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD89 | |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) |
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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 271:- "..." "We were in some suspense whether we should pursue the turnpike-road over Cam, to see the natural curiosities in Wensleydale: but as we learnt there was only one remarkable object of the genus of those we were now in quest of, Hardraw-scar, we desisted: as we should have lost others more valuable, which lay in a different rout (sic). The description, however, which was given of it by our reverend guide, was so lively and picturesque, that its own merit will be a sufficient apology for its insertion." goto sourcePage 272:- "'Hardraw-scar is near the town of Hawes, in Wensleydale, and bears some distant affinity to the tremendous Gordale (hereafter taken notice of.) The chasm is pervious at the bottom, and extends above three hundred yards in length, fortified with huge scattered rocks on each side, which are in some places thirty-three yards perpendicular, and the intervalum above eighty. At the far end is an amazing cataract, which pours forth a vast quantity of water, that falls into a deep bason. Behind the water-fall is a deep recess, excavated out of the solid rock. Here the spectator may stand behind the stream, secure from its madifying effects, and may go quite round it, upon one of the numerous saxa sedilia, at the distance of ten yards from the water. In the year 1740, when fairs were held on the Thames, this cascade was frozen, and constituted a prodigious icicle of a conic form, thirty-two yards and three quarters in circumference, which was also its height.'" |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1805 p.806 "... forward to Sedbergh, and in our way saw Hardraw force. Its perpendicular height is considerable, and the eye unaccustomed to these objects follows the precipitation of the water into the gulph beneath with a sensation of horror." |
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| evidence:- | old print:- placename:- Hardrow Force |
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| source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Hardrow Force, North Yorkshire, drawn by N Whittock,
engraved by J Lambert, published by I T Hinton, 4 Warwick Square, London, 1830. click to enlargePR0531.jpg printed at bottom left, right, centre:- "Drawn by N. Whittock. / Engraved by J. Lambert. / HARDROW FORCE. / London Published by I. T. Hinton, 4, Warwick Square. February, 1830." item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.480 Image © see bottom of page |
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