From near Stork House on Bransdale Westside, there is a stunning view of the lower dale with the twin farms of High and Low Lidmoor. Hodge Beck is graced with deciduous trees, while on the left side of the photo, on the high ground, stands a commercial conifer plantation. All the land in the photograph belongs to the National Trust, with the only exceptions being the conifer plantation and the distant heather moorland.
High and Low Lidmoor were first recorded in an 1825 survey commissioned by William Strickland, a significant landowner in the dale. Lord Feversham bought the Strickland Estate in 1923, which later came under the ownership of the National Trust in 1972. While no written proof exists for Low Lidmoor before 1825, one of the barns bears an inscription of “GS WH 1679,” and a byre features structural remains dating back to the 17th century1‘MNA144900 | National Trust Heritage Records’. 2015. Nationaltrust.org.uk <https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA144900> [accessed 23 March 2023]2‘MNA144514 | National Trust Heritage Records’. 2015. Nationaltrust.org.uk <https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA144514> [accessed 23 March 2023].
- 1‘MNA144900 | National Trust Heritage Records’. 2015. Nationaltrust.org.uk <https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA144900> [accessed 23 March 2023]
- 2‘MNA144514 | National Trust Heritage Records’. 2015. Nationaltrust.org.uk <https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA144514> [accessed 23 March 2023]
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