When naming a crag, I think the go-to is the Ordnance Survey map
The suffix "ley" in Yorkshire derives from the Anglo-Saxon "leah" which means a clearing in a wood. This paints the picture of what the Airedale and Wharfedale would have looked like in antiquity - heavily wooded with small settlements in clearings. Bingley, Keighley, Otley, Ilkley, Shipley - all leading upstream to Sheep Town (Skipton).
Quote from: Will Hunt on September 20, 2018, 12:33:19 pmThe suffix "ley" in Yorkshire derives from the Anglo-Saxon "leah" which means a clearing in a wood. This paints the picture of what the Airedale and Wharfedale would have looked like in antiquity - heavily wooded with small settlements in clearings. Bingley, Keighley, Otley, Ilkley, Shipley - all leading upstream to Sheep Town (Skipton).Props for the Turner, that's a great find! In Wharfedale the centre of attention from its formation was very much the Abbey. As I understand most of the surrounding countryside, towns and villages were producing food, cloth, shoes etc. in support of the Monks and the pilgrims. I'm not sure whether its influence would have stretched as far away as Otley, which I guess is realtively equidistant between Kirkstall and Bolton.
Art innit. An interpretation of a scene or whatever is being depicted - rather than a photographic like reproduction.
To be fair, when you stand in Matlock Bath, High Tor does look like El Cap.
Great stuff Will. Turner had previous of courseAnd Lulworthhttps://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-lulworth-cove-dorsetshire-t04376
That's amazing, Moose. Who is the artist?