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Category: Sleightholme Dale

  • Joseph Foord: The man who brought water to Fadmoor and Gillamoor

    Joseph Foord: The man who brought water to Fadmoor and Gillamoor

    This is Sleighthome Dale, which is drained by Hodge Beck. Bransdale is upstream and Kirkdale is downstream, but it’s unclear where one dale ends and the other begins. Across the dale, there’s a limestone plateau called Boon Hill, with the twin villages of Fadmoor and Gillamoor. In the 18th century, both villages had no easy…