. The earth and its inhabitants ... sserts to contain the bones ofSaxons and Danes who fell on a neighbouring battle-field. There are a smallcathedral raised above a Saxon crypt and severul ancient hospitals. StudleyE,oyal, the princely seat of the Marquis of Ripon, lies to the west of Ripon, andnear it are the picturesque ruins of Fountains Abbey, at one time one of the mostpowerful houses of the Cistercians, who held all the land from the banks of theUre as far as the hills of Cumberland. Boroiighhridge and AldborouyJi, the EoraanIsurium, are small towns below Ripon, in whose vicinity many a
. The earth and its inhabitants ... sserts to contain the bones ofSaxons and Danes who fell on a neighbouring battle-field. There are a smallcathedral raised above a Saxon crypt and severul ancient hospitals. StudleyE,oyal, the princely seat of the Marquis of Ripon, lies to the west of Ripon, andnear it are the picturesque ruins of Fountains Abbey, at one time one of the mostpowerful houses of the Cistercians, who held all the land from the banks of theUre as far as the hills of Cumberland. Boroiighhridge and AldborouyJi, the EoraanIsurium, are small towns below Ripon, in whose vicinity many antiquities have beendiscovered. Most curious amongst these relics of the past are three obelisk-likemasses of ragstone, which have long puzzled the brains of antiquaries. 254 Till: BRITISH ISLES. The Xidil, in its iippor course, flows tlirougli the beautiful Nidderdale, theprincipal town in which is Patclcij Bridge, where there is a lead mine. Ripley has 124.—Towns i.\ Suith-Wkstkun 1 : ô S^ Gretmwich. •i allies. an old castle and an ambitious new town-hall. At Knareshorough the river flowsbetween steep clifls, wooded at their foot. Here, too, there is a castle, and, besidesthis, a dropping well, by the side of which Mother Shipton, the famous YOEKSHIEE. 255 prophetess of the sixteenth century, was born, and extensive limestone is a small village below Knaresborough, where Ribston pippins werefirst grown. Harrogate, the famous watering-place, occupies a lofty position abovethe Ure. The first spring was discovered in 1596, and there are now known abouttwenty-five, both sulphureous and chalybeate. The Wharfe rises in Langshothdale, and takes its winding course through adale renowned for its scenic charms. It flows past the ruins of Bolton Abbey andthe huge hydropathic establishments which have made Illdey a second Malvern,until it reaches Otleij, a small manufacturing town, which is the capital of Wharfe-dale. At Wetherbij the VVh
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