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CHAPTER V. 



Yorkshire Herd* (concluded). Old Bramhope. Farnley Hall. 

 Bainton. Stourton Cattle. Spellow Hill. Beadlam Granye. - 

 Xawton Granye. Duncombe Park. Hiyhjield House. Hovinyham. 

 B irdsall. Th ickct Priory . Osyodly Ha II. Bank House. Warlaby. 

 The Granye. Mtwhani. Sion Hill. Sand Hutton. Givendale. 

 Kfld Head. Knapton Hall. Knapton. Ainu-ark Manor. Any ram 

 Hall. North Ferriby. Waulby. The Kims. Sproatley Bise. 

 Guniston Park. Scawsby Hall. East Thorpe. Ballijield Hall. 



Wharf dale, long noted for its historic connections with the 

 shorthorn race, and especially with the name of Mr. Whitaker, has 

 the oldest agricultural society in the kingdom, held at its little 

 market town of Otley, where also the first volume of Coates' herd 

 book was first printed by Mr. W. Walker, of which a manuscript 

 copy is still in existence written out by Mr. Whitaker, so in our 

 concluding chapter on the heids of this County, no district is better 

 entitled to first notice than the Valley of the Wharfe. Situate on 

 the lofty ridge, separating the Valleys, of the Aire, and Wharfe, is 

 Old Bramhope, where a few hardy shorthorns of the Booth blood, 

 are bred by Mr. H. Fawcett. From its elevated situation, an 

 extensive and beautiful view is obtained extending from Bearnsley 

 Beacon, to the high lands on the east coast, embracing a glimpse of 

 Greenholme, lately the home of the great and noble-minded Mr. 

 W. E. Foster, and formerly the abode of Mr. Jonas Whitaker, who 

 did so much towards establishing the reputation of shorthorns ; 

 Weston Hall, with its Fairfax associations ; Harewood Castle, 

 ruinous and grey, with its modern mansion contiguous thereto ; 

 Farnley Hall, yet to be visited, are all within range of the view, 

 while lying behind a spur of the hill is Wetherby, with its herd of 

 world wide fame, and standing out in clear relief against the 

 horizon is that noble monument of religious fervour, and architec- 

 tural skill, York Minster. 



