In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Craven like this:
CRAVEN, an upland territory round the sources and headstreams of the rivers Aire and Wharfe, W. R. Yorkshire. It gives family and peerage name to the Earls Craven. A Roman road traversed it; and Roman coins have been found on the border of it, at Craven Bank, near Giggleswick.
Craven through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Craven in West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17367
Date accessed: 08th February 2025
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