Photographs of Dent, a picturesque Dentdale village in the Yorkshire Dales National Park of Cumbria.
The Church of St John the Evangelist at Cowgill in Dentdale, Cumbria.
Lea Yeat Bridge over The River Dee at the hamlet of Cowgill, Dentdale in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
Ibbeth Peril on the River Dee in Dentdale Cumbria.
Just a trickle of a waterfall today, but this whole ravine including the cave to the left of the falls rapidly fills with water in heavy rain.
Dent Station on the Settle to Carlisle Railway in Cumbria.
Dent Station was opened in 1877 and at 350m above sea level, it is the highest mainline station in England and has had to endure some very severe winters. The snow fence, made from old railway sleepers to protect the track from snow can be seen in the distance behind the waiting room.
The Flying Scotsman passing through Dent Station to celebrate the re-opening of the Carlisle to Settle Line on March 31st 2017 after the landslip which closed the line at Armathwaite over a year ago.
The Flying Scotsman passing through Dent Station to celebrate the re-opening of the Carlisle to Settle Line on March 31st 2017.
The Flying Scotsman approaching Dent Station as it celebrates the re-opening of the Carlisle to Settle Line on March 31st 2017.
A glimpse into Garsdale from the medieval trading road, the Galloway Gate near Cowgill in Dentdale, Cumbria.
Aye Gill Pike is to the left of the photo and Baugh Fell to the right. Wetherlam, Scafell Pike and Great Gable are among the Lakeland Fells that can be seen in the far distance.
Lockin Garth Force, Deepdale in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
Behind this picturesque waterfall on Gastack Beck lies the low entrance of Lockin Garth Cave.
Adam Sedgwick Fountain, Dent in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
This block of granite enclosing a fountain was once Dent’s only drinking water supply. It is a fitting memorial to Adam Sedgwick, the famous son of the local vicar. Adam, best known as a pioneer of geology, was also a great mathematician and a canon in Norwich cathedral. Charles Darwin studied under Sedgwick at Cambridge University before embarking on a scientific expedition aboard HMS Beagle in 1831. A Geological Trail in neighbouring Garsdale was created in 1985 to mark the bicentenary of Sedgwick’s birth..
The 18th century Sun Inn with a mounting block on the cobbled Main Street of Dent village in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
Dent Village Heritage Centre, Dentdale in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
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St. Andrew's Church, Dent, the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
St. Andrew's is a 12th century church, largely rebuilt in 1417 but still retaining a Norman doorway in the north-facing wall and other Norman features in the Tower and Nave.
St. Andrew's Church, Dent, the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
St. Andrew's is a 12th century church, largely rebuilt in 1417 but still retaining a Norman doorway in the north-facing wall and other Norman features in the Tower and Nave.
Gravestone of a vampire? St Andrew's Church, Dent in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
Born in 1621, George Hodgson created a stir around Dent by living to the ripe old age of 94. The villagers had never known the like before and assumed that George was a vampire, especially as he had managed to retain his two prominent canine teeth! Upon death, he was buried in a quiet corner of the churchyard, but when unexplained deaths started to occur and his ghost was seen, George was dug up and reburied by the church porch with a stake through his heart. .
The 1835 Zion Chapel that is now a Meditation Centre at Dent in Cumbria.
A cat crosses the road in front of the 1880 Dent Reading Room at Dent in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
The late 18th century Church Bridge spanning the River Dee at Dent in Dentdale, Cumbria.
View towards Dent Station from the toposcope viewpoint, Flintergill, Dent in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
View towards Dent Station from the toposcope viewpoint, Flintergill, Dent in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
A north-westerly view of the Howgills from the toposcope viewpoint, Flintergill, Dent in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
A north-westerly view of the Howgills from the toposcope viewpoint, Flintergill, Dent in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
Flintergill, Dent in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
Flintergill was an ancient bridleway from Dent to the Old Occupation Road, a green lane that led into Kingsdale.
The Wishing Tree, Flintergill, Dent, Cumbria.
The guardian spirit of this old tree promises good luck if you pass deiseal (clockwise) under the roots three times. Take care not to go widdershins (anti-clockwise) though, because you will get bad luck!
Lime kiln on Flintergill, Dent, Cumbria.
Lime kilns, built from the 17th to 19th centuries, were furnaces designed for the burning of limestone. This burning process produces quicklime which was used as agricultural fertiliser and for the production of building mortar. Kilns are set into the side of low hills so that carts could deliver and easily drop limestone and firewood into them. To prevent the kilns themselves from burning, they had to be lined with sandstone. It was a gruelling and dangerous job with many fatalities.
The Dancing Flags, Flintergill, Dent, Cumbria.
Natural rock slabs that were used by local weavers for dancing the web (treading and stamping on their newly woven material which had been immersed in the beck). The process shrunk the fabric and made it warmer.
High Ground Farmstead, Flintergill, Dent in Cumbria.
A restored Dales barn which houses a collection of traditional farming implements.
Dent Head Viaduct towering above Fell End Gill Waterfalls in Dentdale, the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
Dent Head Viaduct on the Carlisle to Settle Line was built between 1870 and 1875. It is 183 metres lond and consists of 10 arches.
The small C18 packhorse bridge can just be seen behind the viaduct.
Fell End Gill Waterfalls below the Dent Head Viaduct in Dentdale in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
The small C18 packhorse bridge can be seen behind the viaduct.
18th century packhorse bridge spanning Fell End Gill in the shadow of the Dent Head Viaduct in Dentdale, Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
The hamlet of Gawthrop and Oliver Gill, Dentdale in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
The hamlet of Stone House and the Artengill Viaduct from Stonehouse Bridge in Dentdale, Cumbria.
Artengill Viaduct in Dentdale: From 1871-1874 blocks of the locally quarried Dent Marble were used in the construction of this eleven arched viaduct. It is 201m long and at a staggering height of 36m, is the tallest viaduct on the Settle to Carlisle Line.
Rowan growing on the Arten Gill Viaduct, Dentdale in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
From 1871-1874 blocks of the locally quarried Dent Marble were used in the construction of this eleven arched viaduct. It is 201m long and at a staggering height of 36m, is the tallest viaduct on the Settle to Carlisle Line.