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| Selside Beck, North Yorkshire | ||
| Selside Beck | ||
| county:- | North Yorkshire | |
| locality type:- | river | |
| coordinates:- | SD79327591 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD7975 | |
| 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 273:- "... A subterranean rivulet descends into this terrible hiatus [Alun Pot], which caused such a dreadful gloom, from the spray it raised up, as to make us shrink back with horror when we could get a peep into the vast abyss. ... The waters run from its bottom above a mile under ground, and then appear again in the open air below the little village of Selside.-" |
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