Yorkshire Caves and Potholes

Author: Albert Mitchell, F.R.G.S.

Publisher: the author

This book is in two volumes, "North Ribblesdale" published in 1937, and "Under Ingleborough", published in 1949. It was privately published by the author, and printed by the Craven Herald. The former was reprinted twice with some differences, so it could be regarded as having had three editions.

Albert Mitchell was a founding father of Craven Pothole Club, and a reporter with the Craven Herald. "Yorkshire Caves and Potholes" was the first attempt at a methodical description of the caves in Yorkshire since the Balderstons' Ingleton: Bygone and Present published in 1888.

Both volumes are soft backed, but nevertheless are expensively produced - especially "Under Ingleborough", with many high quality photographs, maps, and sketches.

These volumes are essential reading for anyone who has anything more than a passing interest in the history of Yorkshire caving.

North Ribblesdale - Contents

 * Introduction
 * Speleology: A Sporting Science
 * Caves of Buckhaw Brow
 * On the Fells above Settle
 * The Legend of Robin Hood's Well
 * Hull and Hunt Potholes
 * On the Northern Flank
 * Blind Beck and Ringle Mill
 * Nick and Sulber Pots
 * Alum Pot
 * Early Explorations
 * Diccan and Washfold Caves
 * Ribble Ghylls and Caves
 * Popular Geology of North Ribblesdale
 * Cave Hunting Equipment
 * Cave Photography
 * How to Join a Potholing Club
 * Index

Under Ingeleborough - Contents

 * Introduction
 * Story of an Age-Old Mountain
 * How Limestone was Formed
 * On the Way to Crummockdale
 * A Siege of Juniper Gulf
 * The Romance of Fell Beck
 * The Great Chasm of Gaping Gill
 * The First Descent of Gaping Gill
 * Some Early Explorations
 * The Old East Passage
 * Along the South Passage
 * Sand Cavern and Main Chamber
 * Fell Beck in Flood
 * Ingleborough Cave
 * Craven's First Cave Explorers
 * Unsolved Mystery of the Fells
 * Ingleborough Allotment Potholes
 * The Dry Shafts of Newby Moss
 * Bibliography
 * Cave Photography
 * How to Join a Potholing Club
 * Index