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Hellifield Peel
The history of Hellifield Peel is intertwined with the Hamerton family who ... The Hamertons’ most infamous period was during the northern rebellion and the ...
2.
Harden Bridge — The Origins of a Hospital
Many local people will have memories of an enforced stay in Harden Bridge .... of Ward and Short Couches, Bed Tables and folding Ward Screens for which ...
3.
Boots, Booses and Boskins
Passing a large barn, now a shadow of its former self, we noted the slate boskins separating the booses. Reaching Bell Busk opposite the former station we ...
4.
Rods, poles and perches
Linear measurements are less commonly quoted, but the units ell, rod, pole and perch are well-known to those who went to school in the 1950s and before (but ...
5.
Shoemakers in Settle Maureen Bottom
J Swann. Shoes. The Costume Accessories Series. Batsford. London 1982. J Thornton. "From Cottage to Factory" The Shoe. Show, British Shoes Since 1790. ...
6.
A Labour Problem in the Age of Water Powered Factories
In the years before the age of steam the valleys of the north of England had been no less affected by the arrival of water powered textile mills, ...
7.
The Discovery of Victoria Cave
The confusion late in the nineteenth century as to whether Joseph Jackson or Michael Horner discovered Victoria Cave can be explained by the presence of an ...
8.
Peel Towers
Its peel tower had been the main house of the Hammerton family, people of importance, who had by the end of the sixteenth century declined in fortune, ...
9.
The Thomas Dixon Walks — Ingleborough and the Vale of Wenning
The full title of the original is : A Description of the Environs of Ingleborough and Principal Places on the Banks of the River Wenning: ...
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REGINALD FARRER OF CLAPHAM
She is also grateful for their permission to use the accompanying photograph, taken by Mary Farnell, of one of Reginald Farrer's illustrations. ...
