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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brimham like this:
BRIMHAM, a hamlet in Hartwith-with-Winsley township, W. R. Yorkshire; 3½ miles WNW of Ripley. Brimham Rocks are a group of shattered crags, of romantic character and antiquarian interest. Two of the rocks, called the Cannons, are perforated; another, called the Rock Idol, is supposed to have been Druidical; and several others are great rocking-stones; two of them computed to weigh 100 tons each, and moveable by hand.
Brimham is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brimham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brimham, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24827
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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