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| Yordas Gill | ||
| locality:- | Kingsdale | |
| county:- | North Yorkshire | |
| locality type:- | river | |
| coordinates:- | SD70477913 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD7079 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD77 | |
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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 250:- "..." "We now proceeded to examine the pits and chasms apparently caused by the water after it had has run through the cave [Yordas cave]. We ascended the hill a little higher, to view the gill above the cave: a stream of water flowed down it, which entering an aperture in the rock, we could see descend from steep to steep a considerable way. We made no doubt but it was the same stream which afterwards falls down through the roof of the chapter-house. ..." |
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