The Settle-Carlisle Line
The most conspicuous structure in the dale is the Settle-Carlisle Railway, built between 1869 and 1876 – and one of the last great engineering works in Britain to be built almost entirely by muscle power. It was constructed at great cost not only of money but also of human life.
Twenty-five of those who died during the construction of this section of the line (both builders and members of their families) are buried in unmarked graves in the churchyard of St. Mary's. A memorial to them was erected there in 1997.
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