Settle, Yorkshire Dales

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At the south-western rim of the Yorkshire Dales national park lies Settle, a hectic little market town which sits in the shadow of a lofty limestone crag. Once famous for its cattle and sheep fairs, the hub of the town is still the market place which is flanked by seventeenth century buildings. The Shambles in the market square was originally a medieval butchers and slaughterhouse.

During the town's heyday in the seventeenth century, it was in fact a seat of greater importance than either Bradford or Sheffield. Some of Settle's staple industries included hand-loom weaving, stocking knitting and hat making. However, when the poet Thomas Gray visited it in the eighteenth century, its prosperity had declined.

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