Yorkshire Landscapes: A photographic tour of England's largest and most varied county
By Doug Kennedy
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Doug Kennedy
Doug Kennedy is a photographer and life-long lover of nature and the English countryside. He has been a biology teacher, writer and performer of guitar music, and latterly a computer programmer. He has walked through great swathes of Britain, Ireland and also the United States, France and Australia and is a talented landscape and nature photographer. He now concentrates on his photography and campaigning on environmental issues, and has previously published two books on the English countryside: Chiltern Landscapes and An English Village Idyll.
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Yorkshire Landscapes - Doug Kennedy
Foreword
Yorkshire is a region in the north of England with its own particular cultural identity. For a long time, it was by far the largest county in England, stretching some 100 miles from Carnforth, only a few miles from the Irish Sea in the west, to the North Sea coast in the east; and from the River Tees in the North to the City of Sheffield in the south. With a resident population of about six million, it has been administratively expedient to divide Yorkshire into Ridings, and later into smaller counties, but when asked, people will still say that they come from Yorkshire. In addition, the twenty million annual visitors to its two large National Parks and its countless landscape and heritage attractions certainly know where they are.
Doug Kennedy has taken on a considerable challenge in attempting to portray the enormous extent and variety of landscapes across Yorkshire, from the remote limestone Dales to the industrial flatlands of Humberside, to the gentle Wolds and the Plain of York. I believe that he has succeeded, capturing the splendour of all four corners of the county and much of the best that lies between. His stunning images are arranged in a way that imparts the delight of discovery with every turn of the page. Having lived in Scarborough for almost fifty years, I find Doug’s book a wonderful window through which I can appreciate and enjoy places that I know and love, along with others that I hardly know at all. I believe that Yorkshire Landscapes will be loved by natives and visitors alike, and bring joy to many who now live at a distance.
Cecil B. Snell
Introduction
Yorkshire covers a large proportion of Northern England and, in my view, contains the greatest variety of landscapes of any region in Great Britain and some of the loveliest. I have tried to include images of all the main landscape types and was so spoiled for choice that it has been very difficult to hone the collection down to 112 pages. So this pictorial exploration covers the entire Yorkshire region, extending into Redcar and Cleveland which were part of Yorkshire until the administrative county changes in 1972. The accompanying text not only explains the pictures, but describes how the landscape evolved along with some history and anecdotes.
Our journey starts in South Yorkshire where the open heather-clad Pennine moors contrast sharply with the industrial heartlands of Sheffield and Doncaster. Here we explore the industrial heritage as well as the open landscapes and, now that the smokestacks of its heavy industrial past have gone, encounter some unexpected beauty.
In West Yorkshire, the huge conurbations around Leeds, Bradford and Huddersfield blanket much of the lowlands, but the land rises up the many river valleys where mills, houses and heather mingle in surprising ways, opening onto vast open moors where you can get away from it all. Here we encounter the Brontës, the location of Last of the Summer Wine and places like Hebden Bridge, where a smoky industrial heritage has been gradually transformed, as communities seek social and environmental sustainability.
Industry has had far less impact on the open limestone landscapes of the Yorkshire Dales, where pale grey rock and green grass dominate the high rounded hills that rise from steep-sided valleys. Here, sparkling becks tumble through picturesque villages and we find limestone pavements, disappearing rivers, the best caving in Britain and England’s highest pub with its amazing views.
Between the Dales and the Moors lies the green and pleasant Plain of York, which from Roman times until the Civil War saw many major battles fought around its castles and the walled City of York itself. We visit York Minster and browse among settlements, waterways and backwaters, seeking out the character and lie of the land.
The North Yorkshire Moors straddle the north-east, offering more heather-covered upland, but also valleys and settlements of enormous character. The moors stretch to the spectacular North Sea coast where the Cleveland Way traverses 500 foot cliff tops, then drops to sea level, where fishing boats are moored in picturesque harbours.
Heading south, we explore the gentle landscape of the Yorkshire Wolds, beloved of David Hockney, before completing our tour in the flat lands of Holderness and along the mighty River Humber.
This book attempts to capture the essential character of Yorkshire landscapes through the 140-odd images that have been selected not only for their subject, but also for how they fit together visually to paint a colourful picture that is true to reality. If it brings back memories or whets the reader’s appetite to visit Yorkshire, it will have succeeded in its aim.