Observation site of the 1927 Eclipse by the Astronomer Royal
Observation site of the 1927 Eclipse by the Astronomer Royal is a memorial in Giggleswick, Craven District, England. Observation site of the 1927 Eclipse by the Astronomer Royal is situated nearby to the church Giggleswick School Chapel, as well as near Top Pitch.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Giggleswick School Chapel and Castleberg Hospital.
Giggleswick School Chapel
Church
Photo: Andy Jamieson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Giggleswick School Chapel is a church.
Castleberg Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castleberg Hospital is a health facility in Raines Road, Giggleswick, North Yorkshire, England. It is managed by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. Castleberg Hospital is situated 960 feet east of Observation site of the 1927 Eclipse by the Astronomer Royal.
Church of St Alkelda, Giggleswick
Church
The Church of St Alkelda, Giggleswick, is an Anglican church in the village of Giggleswick, North Yorkshire, England. St Alkelda's was the mother church for the extended parish of Giggleswick, until the church in Settle, North Yorkshire was built in 1838, and later became a separate parish. Church of St Alkelda, Giggleswick is situated 1,600 feet northeast of Observation site of the 1927 Eclipse by the Astronomer Royal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Giggleswick and Settle.
Giggleswick
Village
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Giggleswick, a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, lies on the B6480 road, less than 1 mile north-west of the town of Settle and divided from it by the River Ribble.
Settle
Settle is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town had a population of 2,421 in the 2001 census, increasing to 2,564 at the 2011 census.
Stackhouse
Hamlet
Stackhouse, is a hamlet in the civil parish of Giggleswick on the western bank of the River Ribble in North Yorkshire, England.
Observation site of the 1927 Eclipse by the Astronomer Royal
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “From this point the Astronomer Royal Sir Frank Dyson F.R.S. viewed the total eclipse of the sun 1927 June 29 5H 24M U.T. This plaque was unveiled by Dr. Patrick Moore C.B.E., F.R.A.S. 1999 July 27 Lat. 54° 4.2 N. Long. 2° 17.7 W Altitude 174 m”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Giggleswick, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.07033° or 54° 4′ 13″ northLongitude
-2.29638° or 2° 17′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C6V3PC3+4COpenStreetMap ID
node 6721635385OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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