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Due to the foot and mouth disease and old age and infirmity I have been unable to
take any photographs below Bainbridge. There is a web site which provides free use of
pictures for non commercial purposes and I have used some of these on my site. You can click
on the logo above to access Freefoto site.
My river map is not entirely accurate as some minor roads are not shown.
for anybody considering a trip to the Lune I suggest buying an Ordnance
Survey map.
General information about Hawes
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Garsdale Railway Viaduct
This is part of the Settle Carlisle Railway which was built between 1869 and 1876. The line is
70 miles long and was all done by manual labour. Over 5000 men were employed on the
construction and over 100 died due to accidents and diseases caused by bad living conditions.
It is the highest main line in Britain and has many viaducts and tunnels.
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Moorcock Inn
A lonely inn in very bleak country. I doubt it has many customers in winter.
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Bainbridge
In Norman times the village was the administrative centre for the Royal Hunting Forest of
Wensley. A hill above the village was the site of a Roman fort.
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Jervaulx Abbey.
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Fountains Abbey.
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Ripon Cathedral.
Saint Wilfrid, son of a Saxon noble, built the first stone church here in the 7C and used
french and italian craftsmen. All that remains of the original building is the Anglo Saxon
Crypt AD672.
The church was more or less destroyed by the English King (Edred?) in AD948.
The Church/Minster was rebuilt shortly afterwards only to be destroyed by William the
Conqueror in 1069.
The third minster was built in the 12C by the Archbishop of York. Further work was
undertaken in the 15C which included widening the nave and rebuilding the central tower.
In 1604 under James I a change of status was granted from minster to cathedral.
The cathedral has a very fine choir and has made recordings which are available on compact
disks.
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Ripon Market Square.
The market is the focal point for narrow streets of medieval and Georgian buildings.
To this day and for over 1100 years the city's official hornblower sounds the
'Setting of the Watch' every evening at 9pm
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Museum of Yorkshire Poor Law.
The building dates from 1877 and has 14 cells where tramps/vagrants were locked up for
the night. It has a Hard Times gallery which reveals the harsh treatment of the poor
in Victorian times.
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Prison & police Museum.
It was built as a house of correction in 1686 and from 1887 it was the towns police station.
The museum was opened in 1984 in what was Ripon Gaol. It includes documents and artefacts
illustrating the history of Law and Order over 1100 years. There is a more up to date
exhibition the story of the police force on the ground floor. In the first floor cells
there are illustrations of punishments and condition in Victorian Prisons.
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Boroughbridge
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