It's not a dale
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It's not a dale
Image: © Gordon Hatton Taken: 27 Jul 2022
There's an old story, repeated in Harry Mead's book 'A prospect of the North York Moors' that during the preparation of early OS maps, a surveyor asked a local what the name of this 'dale' was. 'It's not a dale' was the alleged reply, and that is why it is now called Snotterdale.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.397104
Longitude
-1.221842