Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Pateley Bridge within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Pateley Bridge, market town with ry. sta., Ripon par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Nidd, 14 miles NW. of Harrogate and 212 miles NW. of London, pop. 3197; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks. Market-day, Saturday. Lead mines and stone quarries are numerous here, and active industries are carried on in flaxspinning and brewing; there are also important cattle and sheep fairs. Four miles from the town is a curious and beautiful series of caverns, encrusted with stalactites and stalagmites, discovered in 1860.