Dent - The George & Dragon PH © Colin Park :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

2021

SD7086 : Dent - The George & Dragon PH

Dent - The George & Dragon PH

Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement Business, Retail, Services Roads, Road transport Primary Subject: Public House

This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · George Dragon [21] ·

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Grid Square: SD7086, 120 images (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer: Colin Park (more nearby)
Date Taken: Monday, 26 July, 2021 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 18 November, 2021
Subject Location: OSGB36: SD 7052 8698 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:16.6564N 2:27.2546W
Camera Location: OSGB36: SD 7048 8700
View Direction: East-southeast (about 112 degrees)

Image Type (about): cross grid

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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)