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Sept 2025
Sunday Picture Quiz Answers: September 6
Here are the answers to this week's Sunday Picture Quiz. How well did you do?
1. Scar House reservoir
Scar House reservoir lies near the very top of Nidderdale. Only Angram reservoir lies above it, and the source of the River Nidd is just over two miles away.
Built over 15 years from 1921, it was the last reservoir to be constructed in Nidderdale. Along with Angram, it supplies water to the Bradford area via the underground Nidd Aqueduct.
2. St Robert's Cave, Knaresborough
This cave, carved into the limestone of Nidd Gorge, is a rare medieval hermitage and was home to St Robert of Knaresborough.
Born Robert Flower in York, he lived as a hermit and attracted followers – particularly the poor and the sick – who revered his holiness and valued his miraculous cures.
Having spent his later years in the cave, he died in 1208 and was recognised as a saint in 1252, although he was never officially canonised.
3. Obelisk, Ripon
This 82-foot-high monument, which is grade I listed, towers above the Market Place in the heart of Ripon.
It was erected in 1702 by John Aislabie, the owner of the Studley Royal estate, who initiated the creation of the water gardens at Fountains Abbey.
When Daniel Defoe toured the British Isles in the 1720s, he described Ripon's Market Place as "...the finest and most beautiful square that is to be seen of its kind in England", adding "In the middle of it stands a curious column of stone, imitating the obelisks of the ancients".
4. The Old Magnesia Well Pump Room, Harrogate
This well house was built in 1858 in Bogs Field, a soggy patch of ground now better known as the Valley Gardens.
The pump room was frequented by visitors taking the waters for a wide range of health complaints.
As you can see from the picture, a lot has changed over the last 165 years. Following the decline of the spa industry, the pump room was closed and fell into disrepair.
The brown plaque near the well house.
It was restored in 2015 and the following year the building and surrounding gardens won a Platinum award in Yorkshire in Bloom.
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