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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 367 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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OTLEY , a See also:

market See also:town in the Otley See also:parliamentary See also:division of the See also:West See also:Riding of See also:Yorkshire, See also:England, 13 M. N.W. of See also:Leeds on the Midland and the See also:North-Eastern See also:railways. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (Igor) 9230. It is picturesquely situated on the See also:south See also:bank of the Wharfe, at the See also:foot of the precipitous Chevin See also:Hill, 925 ft. in height. In this neighbourhood excellent See also:building-See also:stone is quarried, which was used for the See also:foundations of the Houses of See also:Parliament in See also:London, and is despatched to all parts of England. The See also:church of All See also:Saints has See also:Norman portions, and a See also:cross and other remains of pre-Norman date were discovered in restoring the building. There are interesting monuments of members of the See also:Fairfax See also:family and others. Worsted See also:spinning and See also:weaving, tanning and See also:leather-dressing, See also:paper-making and the making of See also:printing-See also:machines are the See also:principal See also:industries. The scenery of Wharfedale is very pleasant. In the See also:dale, 7 M. below Otley, are the See also:fine ruins of Harewood See also:Castle, of the 14th See also:century. The neighbouring church contains a noteworthy See also:series of monuments of the 15th century in See also:alabaster.

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