Lower Wharfedale, Yorkshire: Addingham, Ilkley and Otley

This area of Wharfedale is packed with history: the rock art of Ilkley Moor; the Saxon church at Addingham; old preraching crosses and tombs in Ilkley Church; the coming of the Spa and water treatments at Ben Rhydding. At Addingham you can trace the rise of the Industrial Revolution from the home weavers with their own Cloth Hall, to the Loom Shops that came before the mills. Although the river Wharfe travels for a further 50 miles - the valley proper ends at Otley under the escarpment of the Chevin. It was home to furniture maker Thomas Chippendale - today it is a lively market town with its own livestock market. This is the last part of our series on Wharfedale: check out - Langstrothdale, Upper Wharfedale and Mid Wharfedale.

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Gorgeous area. Thanks for sharing.

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8:48: Burley in Wharfedale in Yorkshire in England in the UK.