Yorkshire Barns or Laithes.
Looking down Swaledale, Thwaite just out of shot.
The early eighteenth century saw the wooden barns that dotted the Dales being replaced with the characteristic stone barns we see today. This was a time of increasing prosperity and stone barns were a sign of faith in a future worth investing in.
Laithe is an old northern word for a field barn or grain store.
A rather useful mnemonic for lovers of pub quizzes is
SUNWAC DDT.
For the retention of the names of Yorkshires major rivers.
Swale, Ure, Nidd, Wharf, Aire, Calder, Don, Derwent ,Trent.
With apologies to the Ouse.
Given during a Geography lesson for O level back in 1965 at Batley Boy's High School, and never forgotten.
Yorkshire Barns or Laithes.
Looking down Swaledale, Thwaite just out of shot.
The early eighteenth century saw the wooden barns that dotted the Dales being replaced with the characteristic stone barns we see today. This was a time of increasing prosperity and stone barns were a sign of faith in a future worth investing in.
Laithe is an old northern word for a field barn or grain store.
A rather useful mnemonic for lovers of pub quizzes is
SUNWAC DDT.
For the retention of the names of Yorkshires major rivers.
Swale, Ure, Nidd, Wharf, Aire, Calder, Don, Derwent ,Trent.
With apologies to the Ouse.
Given during a Geography lesson for O level back in 1965 at Batley Boy's High School, and never forgotten.