- Ben Rhydding
Ben Rhydding is a
Wharfedale village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford,West Yorkshire ,England . It is part of theIlkley urban area andcivil parish .It is situated on a north-facing valley beneath the
Cow and Calf Rocks and above and to the south of theRiver Wharfe , and falls within the historicWest Riding of Yorkshire .The former name for the village area was Wheatley. In the 19th century it was noted for a popular and thoroughly equipped
hydropathic establishment , opened in about 1845 at a cost of £30,000. "Ben Rhydding", the name given to the establishment was also given to the railway station built to serve it and by which the village subsequently became known, is allegedly the ancient name of the uplands above Wheatley. In a 1900 history of Upper Wharfedale, a footnote describes the circumstances, citing Collyer's "History of Ilkley":Ben Rhydding is nowadays a predominantly affluent residential area of Ilkley, served by a railway station, but relying in the main on the town for shopping and civic facilities. It is well within the travel to work area of
Bradford andLeeds .References
External links
* [http://www.bradford.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/BFD7DC93-ABC4-44BD-9C56-0A823A714A0D/0/ben_rhydding_approved.pdf Conservation Area Assessment] for Ben Rhydding, dated 2003, from the
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
*" [http://books.google.com/books?id=n7wHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA2&dq=Ben+Rhydding&as_brr=1&ei=S-bfRuKsBI7G7ALAjdSsCw#PPP9,M1 Memorials from Ben Rhydding] ", byJohn Pringle Nichol , published by Charles Gilpin, 1852
*" [http://books.google.com/books?id=tbUHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Ben+Rhydding&as_brr=1&ei=S-bfRuKsBI7G7ALAjdSsCw#PPP7,M1 Ben Rhydding: the principles of hydropathy and the compressed air bath] ", by 'A graduate of the Edinburgh university', published by Hamilton Adams & Co, 1858
* [http://books.google.com/books?vid=03RS9x-Mlbv7e7rvMmwDYy_&id=-5DVKabC7PQC&pg=RA1-PA26&vq=Ben+Rhydding&dq=Black%27s+Picturesque+Tourist+of+Scotland Ben Rhydding] described in "Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland", 1861, fromGoogle Book Search
*" [http://books.google.com/books?id=27YHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA90&as_brr=1&ei=F93fRvXwCI7G7ALAjdSsCw#PPP9,M1 Ben Rhydding: the Asclepia of England] ", by R Wodrow Thomson, published by John Shuttleworth, 1862.
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