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St Leonard's Church, Chapel-le-Dale

St Leonard's Church is an Anglican church in Chapel-le-Dale, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A chapel of ease in the valley was first recorded in 1595, but the current building dates to the late 17th century, and was altered in the 18th century. It was given its own parish in 1864, and was heavily restored in 1869. The building was grade II listed in 1958. A tablet commemorates workers who died while building the Settle to Carlisle line, about 200 of whom are buried in the churchyard.

The church is built of limestone and has a stone slate roof. It consists of a three-bay nave, a south porch, and a one-bay chancel. It measures 48 feet (15 m) by 20 feet (6.1 m). At the west end is a gabled and corbelled bellcote, with an open pediment on the west side, and a basket arch with a keystone to the east. On the south wall is a slate sundial with a gnomon. Inside is a mid-17th century altar rail.

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Chapel-le-Dale

Chapel-le-Dale is a hamlet in the civil parish of Ingleton, North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in a valley of the same name, and was previously in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
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Chapel-le-Dale (valley)

Chapel-le-Dale is west-facing valley in the Yorkshire Dales, England. The U-shaped valley of Chapel-le-Dale is one of the few which drain westwards towards the Irish Sea, however, the river that flows through the valley has several names with the Environment Agency and the Ordnance Survey listing it as the River Doe. However, some older texts insist the name of the watercourse through the dale is the River Greta, which runs from a point below the hamlet of Chapel-le-Dale, and onwards past Ingleton. The dale is sparsely populated with only one settlement, the hamlet of Chapel-le-Dale, which has a small chapel. Due to the prevalence of caves, waterfalls, chasms, mountains and natural wonders, Speight labelled the valley as one of the "wonders of Yorkshire", and another writer noting the valley's place between Ingleborough and the flanks of Whernside, said that the valley appeared as "..a green strip of silk connecting two webs of the coarseth [sic] cloth." The dale is also unusual in that it has a railway viaduct at each end.
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Weathercote Cave

Weathercote Cave is a natural solutional cave in Chapel-le-Dale, North Yorkshire, England. It has been renowned as a natural curiosity since the eighteenth century, and was accessible to paying visitors until 1971. The entrance is a large shaft about 20 metres (66 ft) deep, dominated by a waterfall entering at one end. It lies within the designated Ingleborough Site of Special Scientific Interest.
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Great Douk Cave

Great Douk Cave is a shallow cave system lying beneath the limestone bench of Ingleborough in Chapel-le-Dale, North Yorkshire, England. It is popular with beginners and escorted groups, as it offers straightforward caving, and it is possible to follow the cave from where a stream emerges at a small waterfall to a second entrance close to where it sinks 600 yards (549 m) further up the hill. It lies within the Ingleborough Site of Special Scientific Interest.