Hawes, N Yorkshire - Gayle Falls - art postcard c.1910s

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• Picture / Image:  Gayle Falls, Hawes [North Yorkshire]
• Publisher: none seen - diificult to date but possible 1910 to 1920s
• Postally used: no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s): n/a
• Sent to:  n/a
• Notes / condition: slight ageing & wear

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Hawes is a small market town and civil parish in Upper Wensleydale in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England, that was granted its market charter in 1699. Historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire, Hawes is located at the head of Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales; the River Ure runs to the north of the town and is regarded as one of the honeypot tourist attractions of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is known as the home to the Yorkshire Wensleydale Cheese.^[2]

The population in 2011 was 887; the estimated population in 2016 was 893.^[3] The parish of Hawes also includes the neighbouring hamlet of Gayle. The population of the full parish was 1,137 in 2011^[1] and was estimated at 1,138 in 2016.^[4] Hawes is 31.2 miles (50.2 km) west of the county town of Northallerton. The Wensleydale Creamery is a major producer of Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese.

Described by Reader's Digest as the The Village That Refused to Die, Hawes has a very active non-profit community group that seeks funding and uses the money to re-open keep community amenities that were closing.^[5]

The parish of Hawes covers the large areas of moorland on Dodd Fell, Snays Fell, Stags Fell and Widdale Fell and includes the River Ure tributaries of Widdale Beck and Gayle Beck. The latter flows through the town of Hawes. There are many abandoned lead mines, quarries and limekilns in the parish indicating its industrial past. A short distance form the town on Gayle Beck are the Aysgill Force waterfalls. The highest point in the parish is Great Knoutberry Hill at 2,205 feet (672 m). The parish extends as far north as Hellgill Bridge along a narrow strip either side of the Ure.^[20]

The civil parish of Hawes also includes the neighbouring hamlets of Gayle, Appersett and Burtersett. The A684 road from Sedbergh to Osmotherley passes through the town and the B6255 begins at the western edge of the town and links it to Ingleton.^[20]

Hawes is on the A684 Leyburn to Sedbergh road. The M6 and the A1 to the east are under an hour away by car.^[25]