Outside the George and Dragon, Dent © Chris Heaton

2019

SD7086 : Outside the George and Dragon, Dent

Outside the George and Dragon, Dent

Probably the best preserved of all Yorkshire Dales Villages, despite being in Cumbria.

Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement other tags: Village Scene Public House Inn Cobbled Street Click a tag, to view other nearby images.

This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · George Dragon [21] · Dales [9] · Despite being in Cumbria [2] ·

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Grid Square: SD7086, 120 images (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer: Chris Heaton (more nearby)
Date Taken: Tuesday, 18 June, 2019 (more nearby)
Submitted: Wednesday, 19 June, 2019
Subject Location: OSGB36: SD 7050 8697 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:16.6509N 2:27.2730W
Camera Location: OSGB36: SD 7019 8627
View Direction: North-northeast (about 22 degrees)

Image Type (about): geograph

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SD7086 : Waterfall above Dent

These limestone river-bed slabs were once used by the clothmakers of Dent to cleanse their wool and knitted products. Robert Southey wrote about the 'terrible knitters of Dent', in the sense of how fearfully fast they knitted!
See http://www.daelnet.co.uk/features/knitting/history4.htm

Posted by Stan on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 (0 comments)