A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
STRID (The), a chasm in the channel of the river Wharfe, W. R. Yorkshire; 2 miles NNW of Bolton-Abbey, and 6 NE of Skipton. It occurs amid surrounding woods; has a width of only about 4 feet; is traversed by the river with impetuous roaring rush; and was the scene of the melancholy fate of young Romillé. Wordsworth says-
This striding-place is called the Strid,
A name which it took of yore:
A thousand years hath it borne that name,
And shall a thousand more.
And hither is young Romilly come,
And what may now forbid
That he, perhaps for the hundredth time,
Shall bound across the Strid?
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chasm" (ADL Feature Type: "canyons") |
| Administrative units: | Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | STRID | STRID THE | THE STRID |
| Place: | The Strid |
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