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Possibly Colden. Photograph dated 1970 on back

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To the right of the picture is Mount Zion Baptist Chapel, Slack

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Distant view of Todmorden from Lumbutts overlooking fields with sheep.

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NAME: UPPER SWIFT PLACE MILL

LOCATION: Rishworth Hall Wood

REF: RY 7

GRID REF: 026 187

CLASSIFICATION: C

CONDITION: Fully used

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 19C/early 20C (site earlier)

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Now known as…

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NAME: STANSFIELD MILL,
LOCATION: Stansfield Bridge, Triangle
REF: RY 31
GRID REF: 044 222
CLASSIFICATION: C
CONDITION: Semi used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid–late 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: This mill is situated in a picturesque…

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Thornton's Tea Rooms at Hebden Hey, also known as Cosy Corner

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Slide 20 - ...and take our leave by showing a distant view of the Hall, the Church and the wooded landscape of 'Sprotbro's fair domains' past' which the silver
'Stream of Don winds its meandering course.'

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Slide 8 - On the top of the ridge above the village is Nunnington church, old and grey, with a low square tower, sheltered by a screen of tall fir trees.

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Slide 7 - A beautiful avenue of sycamore trees commencing at the bridge which spans the river Rye and extends to the top of the Caukleys range of hills. This avenue is fully half a mile in length, affording a grateful shade in summer. From the summit…

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Slide 1 - Nunnington, I was once told by a native of an adjoining Ryedale village, was not worth going to see, there being nothing in, or about the place of any interest what so ever. In corroboration of this statement, the writer of 'Murray's…

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Slide 9: Howsham mill and weir is situated on the Derwent at a point where the river makes a sharp bend, and combines to form a picturesque feature in the landscape, as seen from the high banks above the stream.

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Slide 8: The River Derwent skirts the boundary of the park for a considerable distance. A striking feature of the river scenery in this vicinity are the tall reeds growing on the margin of the water. Some of these I measured were quite six feet in…

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Slide 4 - Down the Cliviger Pass flows the infant Calder. The actual source is rather difficult to locate with certainty, but the stream which flows down a steep and precipitous glen called Ratten Clough may be said to be, if not its source, one of…

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Slide 3 - The scenery of the Cliviger Pass is often majestic and grand. Rugged and scarred are the ranges of the hills with their strange and fantastic outlines, adding much to the picturesque character of the scenery.

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Slide 14 - The waving woods and fair glades of the park are there in glorious contrast to the more artificial parts of the park.

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Slide 13 - There is a strange legend that all the oaks at Newburgh were to be decapitated or shorn of their spreading boughs by order of Thomas Cromwell, and that only by this sacrifice could Fauconberg gain his daughter's hand, but at present the…

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Slide 4: Facing it is a fine lime tree avenue, a portion of which we shew. The situation of Marske is strikingly picturesque at any season, but especially so when the glorious summer sunshine floods the verdant slopes, towering scars, and…

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Slide 3: At a bend in the road we cross the Swale at Downholme Bridge, opposite to which rises the wooded cliff called Red Scar, from the top of which is another famous view point.

Continuing our way along a tree-shaded lane, we soon reach the…

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Slide 2: Passing along at a distance of two miles from Richmond, we arrive opposite to Hudswell, where the road crosses the Swale and runs along the southern bank up the valley. Leaving the road and ascending the hillside on which the village of…
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