iew of Masham from bottom of Limehouse Hill

22nd August, 2010 - Hackfall Woods

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August 28th 2010
Hackfall Woods are located between Masham and Ripon, just outside the small village of Grewelthorpe in Nidderthorpe, North Yorkshire. In 1731 John Aislabie, member of parliament for Ripon and notable for his involvement in the South Sea Bubble financial scandal in the early 1720s, purchased the woods from a local land-owning family called Hardcastle for the sum of £906. Aislabie also owned the ne ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more