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Winterscales, North Yorkshire
Winterscales
county:-   North Yorkshire
locality type:-   buildings
1Km square:-   SD7478
10Km square:-   SD77
altitude:-   950 feet
altitude:-   290m

evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
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 WS21P269, button  goto source
Tour to the Caves in the West Riding of Yorkshire, late 18th century 
Page 269:-  "..."
"Having ... passed through the little remote village of Winterscales, we came to the natural curiosity we were in quest of, Greenside-Cave: it is under the south-east corner of the lofty mountain Whernside. ..."
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Page 270:-  "..."
"We now [after climbing Whernside] shaped our course back to Winterscales, and from thence to a public-house called Gearstones, by the side of the turnpike road, at the bottom of the mountain Cam. ..."

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