‘Innovative’, ‘trail-blazing’, ‘the first’, all are words the historian should be wary of especially in relation to technology. Someone has usually thought of it, experimented with it or given it up as a bad job. True technological innovation is rare and more usually emerges from a background of testing and trials. So when we think […]
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The Pennine Way is Britain’s first long distance path. A National Trail which crosses three National Parks as it runs from Edale to Kirk Yetholm, it is 268 miles long (431 km) and involves around 12,000m of ascent peaking at Cross Fell (893m above sea level). Around 3,500 people complete the National Trail from start […]
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Water plants in central Leeds Leave Leeds station by its Granary Wharf exit, and stairs lead down to the River Aire and the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. Here, at River Lock, the canal begins its 204km route across the Pennines to Liverpool. Much of the canal is rural, but in central Leeds it is part […]
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Even amongst people who love Yorkshire, the Yorkshire Wolds to the southeast of York is one of the least well known and least visited areas of our region. A very different and distinctive part of Yorkshire’s amazingly varied countryside – it is one which may soon be hitting the headlines as it attracts national – […]
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Welcome to the PLACE blog. Below find links to articles exploring variously the history, environment and character of the Yorkshire landscape, of interest to members and non-members alike. All blog articles can also be downloaded in pdf. format to enable reading offline or on an alternative device. Information for Prospective Authors: If you would like to […]
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