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Ribblehead

Ribblehead proper noun: a moorland location with a railway station and viaduct in Ingleton parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD7779).

Proper noun

Ribblehead

  1. A moorland location with a railway station and viaduct in Ingleton parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD7779).

Origin of Ribblehead

From the River Ribble + head.

Questions about Ribblehead

What does Ribblehead mean?
Ribblehead means a moorland location with a railway station and viaduct in Ingleton parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD7779).
What part of speech is Ribblehead?
Ribblehead is a proper noun.

Words near Ribblehead in the dictionary

  1. Ribble Valley
  2. ribble-rabble
  3. ribble-rabbles
  4. ribble-row
  5. ribble-rows
  6. Ribblehead
  7. Ribblesdale
  8. Ribbleton
  9. ribbok
  10. ribboks
  11. ribbon

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