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10 unusual facts about Yorkshire Dales


Anne Langton

She was born to Thomas and Ellen Langton in the Yorkshire Dales, but within a few months, they moved to Lancashire, where she was raised in a mansion named Blythe Hall, near Ormskirk.

Fellsman

The Fellsman is an annual organised walk and fell race of about sixty miles in the Yorkshire Dales from Ingleton to Threshfield.

Hannah Hauxwell

In the summer of 1972, Hannah was discovered by a friend of a researcher at Yorkshire Television while out walking in the Yorkshire Dales.

James Simpson-Daniel

He attended Red House School & Sedbergh School in the Yorkshire Dales, which has produced a number of professional rugby union players including Will Greenwood, Will Carling and Phil Dowson, with whom he played alongside in the same XV.

Leon the Pig Farmer

Jewish estate agent Leon Geller, who lives in London, discovers his father is not actually local businessman Simon Geller but Yorkshire Dales pig farmer Brian Chadwick.

Marie Hartley

Marie Hartley (29 September 1905 – 10 May 2006) was the author or co-author and illustrator of some 40 books on the social history of the Yorkshire Dales.

Naomi Wallace

Naomi Wallace divides her time between Kentucky and the Yorkshire Dales in Northern England (UK), where she lives with her partner Bruce McLeod, with whom she has three children.

Settle Stories

In June 2011, Settle Stories established the W R Mitchell Archive, which is a unique collection of audio and visual record of life in the North West of England, particularly The Yorkshire Dales.

Stray FM

From 1 February 2012 the station expanded to cover the Yorkshire Dales.

West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service

In addition, WYMAS' coverage extended into the Craven area of North Yorkshire with ambulance stations at Grassington, Ingleton, Settle and Skipton, covering the western side of North Yorkshire and the Yorkshire Dales.


Association of National Park Authorities

England: Dartmoor, Exmoor, Lake District, New Forest, Northumberland, North York Moors, Peak District, South Downs, Yorkshire Dales and The Broads which has equivalent status to a National Park.

Leeds Pals

The battalion was formed in September 1914 and underwent training at Colsterdale in the Yorkshire Dales.

Malham

Malham lies at the upper end of the valley of the River Aire, known above Airton as Malhamdale, in the Yorkshire Dales.