A dreich morning in Bransdale

This impressive holloway or sunken lane was once one of the major routes out of the dale. Climbing up from Groat House, it is shown on the 1857 OS Six-inch O.S. map. It is also shown on an earlier map of 1828, but not on one of 1782.

The term 'holloway' derives from the Old English 'hola weg' meaning a sunken road formed after repeated use over many centuries by the passage of people, anima ...

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