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Ilkley Quarry is the site of the famous "Cow and Calf", a large rock formation consisting of an outcrop and boulder, also known as Hangingstone Rocks. The rocks are made of millstone grit, a variety of sandstone, and are so named because one is large, with the smaller one sitting close to it, like a cow and calf. Legend has it that there was ...
Bronze Age markings at Hangingstone Quarry, above Ilkley. Ilkley is a town and civil parish in West Yorkshire, in the north of England.It has been inhabited since at least the Mesolithic period; was the site of a Roman fort, and much later an early example of a spa town.
The moor is said to be named after the local folklore legend of Rombald the Giant. The story goes that Rombald lived on the moor with his wife and one day during an argument, she was chasing him across the valley when he stamped on a huge rock, smashing it in two, which separated the famous Cow from its Calf.
The route was closed as the result of the Beeching Axe in 1965 – passenger services were withdrawn on 22 March, whilst the remaining through goods services ended on 5 July; the route eventually closed to all traffic east of Embsay Junction in January 1966 (though access to the Haw Bank quarry sidings at Embsay station survived until 1969). [1]
2008-07-21 16:05 TJBlackwell 1989×2562×8 (3171023 bytes) These "Cup and Ring marks", seen here in Hangingstones Quarry above Ilkley, can be found on many stones in the area. They are estimated to have been created around the time of the Bronze Age, some three to four thousand years ago.
The Yorkshire Dales Railway was a branch line linking the town of Skipton with the villages of Rylstone, Threshfield and Grassington in North Yorkshire, England.There were two stations on the line – Grassington & Threshfield and Rylstone – and a connection via the Skipton to Ilkley Line to Skipton.
Ilkley bus station is the focal point for services to Keighley, Leeds, Leeds Bradford Airport, Skipton, Grassington, Malham and Otley. The main operators are First Leeds, Keighley Bus Company and North Yorkshire County Council. [37] Ilkley lies on the A65 road, which runs between Leeds and Kendal.
The line was double-tracked, as it formed a useful relief route for the busy main line via Keighley. The Ilkley line was closed in 1966, but the signal box at the junction remained in use until July 1969 [3] (to give access for track-lifting trains and to the quarry siding at Embsay). The remaining double track portion down to Skipton was ...