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"The parish lies in the western extremity of North Yorkshire. Covering over fourteen
thousand acres, with land rising from approximately 209 metres in the river valley to the peak of Whernside at 736 metres, to the west and the summit of Ingleborough at 723 metres, to the east, it is essentially high moorland, sheep grazing country, with cattle on the lower pastures. The population of the township of Ingleton has been estimated at c.450 in 1530 and c.650 in 1623. By 1700 it had risen to c.750."
Population figures from: Bentley, J. 2008 ‘A Unique Yorkshire Village. The History of Ingleton’ Ingleton Pub. p.74