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The inn was known as The Dog until 1875, when one day inside, high above the noise of the other hounds could be heard the squire's favourite dog, which prompted him to call out .... "Hark to Bounty!"
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The end of November on Tatham Fell, the early afternoon sunshine lighting up the old barn and the countryside.
Bowland Forest, near Slaidburn, Lancashire
Love the rich undergrowth set against the subtle hints of Autumnal colours
Bowland Knotts, up on the hills above Slaidburn Lancs. I visited on a clear sunny day, but clouds rolled in when I got to the top. Thankfully they cleared in time for the sunset, but a mist drifting across the scene just made the image.
Slaidburn, Lancashire
The story goes that one day in the 1800's whilst out hunting, the squire and his party called at the inn for refreshments when their drinking was disturbed by a loud and prolonged baying from the pack of hounds outside. High above the noise of the other hounds could be heard the squire's favourite dog, which prompted him to call out .... "Hark to Bounty ! "
The 'Dog Inn' now had a new name .
The "Hark to Bounty" in Slaidburn is situated in the Forest of Bowland AONB and is reputed to date back to the 1300s, although most of the existing fabric of the building dates from the 16th century. The inn was known as The Dog until 1875, when the squire of the village and his favourite hunting dog changed the name to "Hark to Bounty!"
Upstairs in "The Bounty" is the Courtroom which was used as the local court from the early 19th century until the mid 1930s. This was originally the Manorial or "Moot" Court which dealt with local matters such as land transfers, disputes over land rights etc., in addition to the punishment of local miscreants.
The sum of the whole is this: walk and be happy; walk and be healthy. The best way to lengthen out our days is to walk steadily and with a purpose. ~ Charles Dickens.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grindleton
Grindleton is a village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley, in the English county of Lancashire, formerly the West Riding of Yorkshire. Its 3,700 acres sit within the Forest of Bowland. The population of the civil ward taken at the 2011 census was 772.
History
Craven in the Domesday Book shows that up till 1066 Earl Tostig was lord of Grindleton and the surrounding areas of West Bradford, Waddington, Bashall Eaves, Great Mitton, Hammerton, Slaidburn, Dunnow, Newton, Bogeuurde, Easington, Radholme Laund and Lees. This amounted to 36 carucates (ca5580 acres/1800ha) of ploughland. The Norman conquest of England added it to the extensive lands of Roger de Poitou.[2]
A caput manor in Domesday, Grindleton was subsumed into the Liberty of Slaidburn in the second half of the fourteenth century. Bowland underwent wholesale manorial reorganisation at that time, perhaps in response to the fall in population caused by the Black Death (1348–50) and the absorption of Bowland into the Duchy of Lancaster.[3]
Both Grindleton and Slaidburn fell under the ancient Lordship of Bowland which comprised a Royal Forest and a Liberty of ten manors spanning eight townships and four parishes and covered an area of almost 300 square miles (780 km2) on the historic borders of Lancashire and Yorkshire.[4] The manors within the Liberty were Slaidburn (Newton-in-Bowland, West Bradford, Grindleton), Knowlmere, Waddington, Easington, Bashall Eaves, Mitton, Withgill (Crook), Leagram, Hammerton and Dunnow (Battersby) .[5] Until 1938, Harrop was an enclave of the Forest before it was subsumed into Grindleton civil parish.
Grindletonians
The Grindletonians were a small nonconformist Christian dissenting sect founded at Grindleton in the early part of the 17th century. The group's leader was Roger Brearley (or Brierley, Brereley) (1586–1637), a curate who worked at Grindleton, Kildwick and Burnley. The beliefs of the sect are unclear, but seem to have included Antinomianism, anti-clericalism and the concept of an earthly Paradise.
Governance
The civil parish of Grindleton was created from the township (in the ancient parish of Mitton) with the same name in 1866. In 1938, a geographically non-contiguous area of Bowland Forest Low was transferred to Grindleton.[6]
Along with Waddington, West Bradford and Sawley the parish forms the Waddington and West Bradford ward of Ribble Valley Borough Council.
This is the entrance drive to a country estate overlooking the River Hodder just to the east of the village of Slaidburn. This is in the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire and is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
This beautiful former farm building, known as Merrybent Hill, has the date 1688 carved into a lintel. It is a few miles to the north of Slaidburn, in the middle of the Forest of Bowland - an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Grade II-listed building now advertises itself as a B&B. In the distance can be seen Pendle Hill, which rises to 1,827 feet above sea level. The story of the Pendle witches is a notorious example of cases brought against alleged witches in 17th-century England.
This shot was originally posted in 2023, but was accidentally deleted.
This is the southern edge of the village of Slaidburn in the Forest of Bowland, which lies mainly in the north of Lancashire.
The beautiful Grade I-listed Church of St Andrew in the centre of the picture is considered to be one of England's Thousand Best Churches by Simon Jenkins.
Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the village of Slaidburn is now within the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire. The parish covers just over 5,000 acres of the Forest of Bowland, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
This is the valley of the River Hodder, just to the south of the village of Slaidburn in the Forest of Bowland. The land has traditionally been managed for game hunting and farming since the middle ages and the large country estates have had a huge influence over the development of the area.
Farming remains an important aspect of the local economy. Sheep and beef farming dominate the upland areas, while dairy farming remains the major land use in the valleys. The Forest of Bowland is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - which I gather is being renamed a National Landscape. What that is supposed to mean I really have no idea.
A detailed article on the Forest of Bowland can be found at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_of_Bowland.
White Hill lies in the Forest of Bowland, north-western England. It stands at 544m tall between Slaidburn and High Bentham in close proximity to Stocks reservoir.
Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the pretty little village of Slaidburn lies near the head of the River Hodder and Stocks Reservoir, both within the Forest of Bowland, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Farming is still a major employer, but the area also attracts tourists.
Probably dating from the early 1600s, and largely unchanged on the exterior, this Grade II-listed Inn used to be named "The Dog". It acquired the name "Hark to Bounty" in 1875. The Squire of Slaidburn was drinking in the Inn when he heard his dog Bounty barking outside and the squire is said to have uttered the words "Hark to Bounty". An unusual external stone staircase leads upstairs to the old Court Room which was in use until the 1930s. Many fine relics are preserved there.
The Forest of Bowland is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, mostly in the north of Lancashire, but with a small area in North Yorkshire. It is over 300 square miles in size, with the Yorkshire Dales on the eastern side. Part of it was previously in the West Riding of Yorkshire until the boundary changes in 1974. This shot was taken on the road from Slaidburn, north towards High Bentham. In the distance can be seen the fell known as Ingleborough, one of the Yorkshire Dales' Three Peaks.
Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the pretty little village of Slaidburn lies near the head of the River Hodder and Stocks Reservoir, both within the Forest of Bowland. This is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty which is mostly in Lancashire. Farming is still a major employer, but the area also attracts numerous tourists.
This shot was taken just before the Fair took place in Slaidburn back in the summer of 2023. The steam lorry appears to have come originally all the way from Australia.
The village of Slaidburn in Lancashire and its parish covers just over 5,000 acres of the Forest of Bowland, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Slaidburn lies near the head of the River Hodder in the Ribble valley. Farming is still a major employer, but the area also attracts numerous tourists.
Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the pretty little village of Slaidburn lies near the head of the River Hodder and Stocks Reservoir, both within the Forest of Bowland, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty which is mostly in Lancashire. Farming is still a major employer, but the area also attracts numerous tourists.
This is a re-posting as several months' worth of postings from mid-2023 seem to have been inexplicably deleted from Flickr.
Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the pretty little village of Slaidburn lies near the head of the River Hodder and Stocks Reservoir, both within the Forest of Bowland, which is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Farming is still a major employer, but the area also attracts tourists.
Probably dating from the early 1600s, and largely unchanged on the exterior, this Grade II-listed Inn used to be named "The Dog". It acquired the name "Hark to Bounty" in 1875. The Squire of Slaidburn was drinking in the Inn when he heard his dog Bounty barking outside and the squire is said to have uttered the words "Hark to Bounty". An unusual external stone staircase leads upstairs to the old Court Room which was in use until the 1930s. Many fine relics are preserved there. Sadly, the last time we visited Slaidburn we found that the pub had closed.
This is the valley of the River Hodder at Slaidburn in the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire. It is a sheep-farming area, and these sheep are clearly enjoying the succulent grass of the riverside meadows. The Forest of Bowland, so-called because it is a former hunting area, covers some 310 square miles mostly in the north of Lancashire with some overlap into North Yorkshire. Before the boundary changes in 1974 this part of the Forest was actually in the West Riding of Yorkshire.