INGLETON, a chapelry in the parish of BENTHAM,
western division of the wapentake of STAINCLIFFE-and-EWCROSS,
West riding of the county of YORK, 9 miles
(N. W.) from Settle, containing 1302 inhabitants. The
living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of
Richmond, and diocese of Chester, endowed with £600
private benefaction, £400 royal bounty, and £800 parliamentary
grant, and in the patronage of the Rector of
Bentham. Six children are instructed for about £8
a year, the united bequests of Jennet Rose, in 1710,
and of Henry Bouet. In the neighbourhood are many
romantic objects, amongst which are Raven Roe, a
rocky promontory covered with evergreens, Thornton
Scar, and Thornton Froe, a curious water-fall; but
the most striking of all is Yordas cave, in the vale of
Kingsdale, under a mountain called Gray Gareth; the
excavation, which is carried through a solid rock of
black marble, "somewhat resembles the interior of a
cathedral, having on the right what is called the Bishop's
Throne, and on the left the Chapter House, with petrifactions
hanging from the roof. From the roof and
sides issue numerous rills, forming fantastic cascades,
which contribute to the general beauty and sublimity
of the whole. The report of a pistol here causes reverberations
similar to those produced by the discharge of
a park of artillery.