Stainforth is a village and

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in the

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district of

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, England. It is situated north of

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. Nearby there is a

waterfall A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in severa ...

Stainforth Force
where the river falls over

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ledges into a deep, broad pool which can be accessed by walking a short way from the village. There was a

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at Taitlands between 1942 and 2007.

History

(Stainforth Falls, Yorkshire, England) (LOC) (16776938096)

Its name derives from the 'stony ford' which linked two settlements half a mile apart on opposite banks of the

River Ribble The River Ribble runs through North Yorkshire and Lancashire in Northern England. It starts close to the Ribblehead Viaduct in North Yorkshire, and is one of the few that start in the Yorkshire Dales and flow westwards towards the Irish Sea (t ...

north of

. Stainforth, on the eastern side, was formerly owned by

Sawley Abbey Sawley Abbey was an abbey of Cistercian monks in the village of Sawley, Lancashire, in England (and historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire). Created as a daughter-house of Newminster Abbey, it existed from 1149 until its dissolution in 1 ...

, whose

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developed the estate which prospered, while

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, under private ownership, declined. In 1595

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received from four trustees acting for the previous owner the manor of Stainforth Underbargh and 20 dwelling houses with lands there. He was

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and was knighted eight years later. In the 1670s, Samuel Watson replaced the

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by a

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whose arch spans a wooded stretch of the river, and a grassy patch leads downstream to

Stainforth Force Stainforth Force (also known as Stainforth Foss and Ribble Falls), is a high cascade waterfall on the River Ribble at Stainforth, north of Settle in North Yorkshire, England. The waterfall is a popular tourist attraction in autumn when Atlan ...

. In Little Stainforth the three-storey

Stainforth Hall Stainforth may refer to two places in Yorkshire, England: *Stainforth, North Yorkshire Stainforth is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated north of Settle. Nearby there is a waterfallSta ...

was built at the same time and is now occupied as a farmhouse.

References

External links

Stainforth Website
Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire Ribblesdale {{craven-geo-stub

History

See also

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