The shooting estate is currently shared between the Duke of Norfolk and a Dutch shooting syndicate.
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The estate remained in the Brown-Gilpin family until being sold to Tommy Sopwith after the First World War.
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Beyond Tan Hill, the road divides again, heading westward to Brough, south to Keld and south-west to Kirkby Stephen.
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It passes through several small settlements: Raw, Arkle Town, Langthwaite (where a narrow back road leads to Booze), Eskeleth and Whaw.
His mother and father separated when he was seven and he went to live with his sister – brother and mother in the dales of Yorkshire (Arkengarthdale).