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Here, a prehistoric seismic shift in the earth will have uplifted some of the limestone in the river bed higher than the rest, creating these cascades and limestone platforms.

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[–] Pimastr@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's no way "Grassington" is a real place right? Right?!

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure, it's in between Kettlewell, Blubberhouses, Giggleswick and Wigglesworth. (No, really)

[–] hexual@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

GNUtrino is bag on. The village used to be recorded as Gherinstone, Garsington, or Gersington. It's a mix of Old Norse and Old English, meaning something like "the town with the grassy ings" (an "ing" is a dialect term for a meadow near a river).

[–] jonc211@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Fun fact. The river that these falls are on turns into the infamous Bolton Strid a little further south.