The White Horse of Kilburn
May 1, 2004. Another beautiful weekend in North Yorkshire. We visited the
White Horse of Kilburn, and Byeland Abbey.
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Panoramic view of the Vale of York from the White Horse. The white
on either side are bits of the horse.
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The horse was designed and financed by Thomas Taylor, a native of
Kilburn (the village closest to the horse, and cut in 1857. The
work was done by the village schoolmaster, John Hodgson, and 20
students. It is 314ft long by 228ft high. It is cut into limestone
which is the wrong color and needs artificial whitening. This was
first done using gallons and gallons of whitewash, but now chalk
chippings from the Yorkshire Wolds are used. Picture taken from
just outside Kilburn.
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Before we actually went up White Horse Bank, we took a side excursion
looking for Newburgh Priory. We found it - closed. But we did find
this interesting and gigantic maple tree.
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View of the parking lot from the horse's back. The truck is in the
front of the lefthand side - the greyest vehicle.
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Detail of the panoramic view. The yellow are fields of safflower.
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Another panoramic view, this time from the scar (cliffs) on the
right side (past the horse's head) of the embankment.
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The White Horse from the parking lot, where we hung out and read
for a while - it was another beautiful day, as you can see. The
horse's head isn't visible, being up the hill to the left.
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The remaining images were a bonus: The beautiful weather appears
to have brought out every glider pilot in North Yorkshire. As John
used to fly gliders himself, he found the view on the hill as interesting
as the panoramic view...
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