Nidderdale, the valley of the river Nidd, which rises at the foot of Whernside, in Yorkshire, and flows south-east and east, and joins the Ouse a few miles above York. The upper portion of the stream flows through picturesque scenery, and past Ramsgill, the birthplace of Eugene Aram. Above Lofthouse it disappears underground for about two miles. See works by Joseph Lucas (1882) and Harry Speight (1894).
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 497
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