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Aug 27, 2020 · The Crackpot Hall we see today was built on the site of the Hunting Lodge and dates to the early 1700’s when it was originally built as a farm house. But the mainly agricultural dale was transformed in the 1700’s when the Dale turned into a hive of industry as lead mining attracted thousands to Swaledale to make their fortune to mine the lead ore (or Galena) from veins in the limestone.
Aug 14, 2024 · The Abandoned Farm That Stands Untouched In The Yorkshire Dales. by The Yorkshireman August 14, 2024. After becoming addicted to keeping up with the Owens family on Our Yorkshire Farm, it’s safe to say we’re dreaming of the rural life. And the abandoned Crackpot Hall farm has us wanting to pack up and take on the role of squatters to ...
Aug 2, 2019 · On the slopes of Swaledale stands the shell of a 300-year-old farmhouse. Crackpot Hall, which overlooks Swinner Gill, near Keld, is now a ruin shrouded in its own myths and legends. Its name ...
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One of the myths associated with Crackpot Hall started in the 1930s when the two authors and historians, Marie Hartley and Joan Ingleby wrote about a young girl called Alice who seemed to run freely with her dogs in the countryside around Crackpot. The way they described her laugh made her sound a little crazy and over time stories of a waif ...
‘Hall’ makes it sound like it was once a grand house and yet it was at most a hunting lodge or large farmhouse. Image by Glenda Calvert One of the myths associated with Crackpot Hall started in the 1930s when the two authors and historians, Marie Hartley and Joan Ingleby wrote about a young girl called Alice who seemed to run freely with her dogs in the countryside around Crackpot.
Feb 22, 2024 · The name, “Crackpot” adds to its allure, as though its origins remain uncertain, it likely derives from the Old Norse word “Pot” meaning deep hole and the word “Crack” with Olde English origins and which translates to crow—also the name of a nearby cave. The property is thought to have once been the home of the Duke of Wharton’s ...
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Crackpot Hall was visited by a couple of authors and historians, who reported seeing a girl running feral in grounds of Crackpot Hall. When they spoke to her, she spoke an unintelligible language…. she was called Alice and she became the ghost of Crackpot Hall….
