Picturesque history of Yorkshire Volume 3; being an account of the history, topography, antiquities, industries, and modern life of the cities, towns, ... made during many journeys through t - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ... along the side of the river for most of the way between the station and the village, and at a little distance before the latter is reached crosses the foot of a romantic glen called Deepdale, in which is a beck formed by two streams which run down from the high land between Gragreth and Whernside, and unite at some height above the valley. On the north side of the Dee above High Chapel the fells rise to heights of well over 1600 feet, and shut out Garsdale, lying between them and the mass of Baugh Fell. The village of Dent is a quaint, peaceful little place, nestling snugly in the heart of the valley and the shelter of the surrounding hills, and presenting itself to the traveller's first critical inspection as a collection of roofs, gables, and chimneys of more or less old-world fashion grouped about the square, embattled tower of its church, and plentifully shaded by trees and foliage. For the beauty and charm of its situation Dent has always been plentifully praised. Mr. Brown, the author of a work on the Agriculture of the West Riding of Yorkshire, published about a century ago, described the village and its surroundings as the picture of a terrestrial paradise, while Mr. Bigland, not to be outdone, remarked of it that its secluded and delightful situation must needs excite in the mind of the tourist an idea of the happy valley of the Abyssinian prince Rasselas. Whether the scenery of the Abyssinian prince Rasselas's happy valley was at all akin in character and feature to that of Dentdale one need not now stop to inquire--it is quite sufficient for plain folk to praise it modestly by affirming it to be one of the most charming pastoral dales in the north country. The village itself is quiet enough; there is little doing in its cobble-paved streets, and...
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- PublisherRarebooksclub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1130461114
- ISBN 13 9781130461114
- BindingPaperback
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