Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Horton in Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire

Horton in Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire

Horton in Ribblesdale

county:-

North Yorkshire

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

SD81047208 (etc)

1Km square:-

SD8172

10Km square:-

SD87

evidence:-

descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
placename:- Horton

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.

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Tour to the Caves in the West Riding of Yorkshire, late 18th century
Page 274:- "..."
"... along the banks of the river Ribble, four or five miles farther, to the village of Horton, situated at the bottom of the lofty and elegant mountain Pennegant."

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Page 275:- "..."
"Before we left Horton we visited some natural curiosities of the cavern kind on the base of Pennegant.[1] Dowgill-scar, a little above Horton, ... [and] About a mile or two above Horton, upon the base of Pennegant, we visited Hulpit and Huntpit-holes. ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Horton

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.

places:-

SD80777268 Horton Beck ()

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