Motor Tours in Yorkshire

At the turn of the 20th century, the automobile promised a new kind of freedom, and this guide captures that exhilarating moment when Yorkshire's ancient landscapes first opened to the motorcar. Mrs. Rodolph Stawell invites readers to discover the county's dales, coastlines, and crumbling castles via routes that wind through some of England's most dramatic terrain. Here is Malham Cove's limestone amphitheater, Buttertubs Pass's throat-catching descents, and Skipton's storied fortress where the legend of Lady Anne Clifford still lingers. But this is more than an itinerary. It's a love letter to the novel experience of motoring itself, the dust, the freedom, the small villages seemingly untouched by centuries. For modern readers, it offers something rare: a window into an England that existed before the motorway, when the journey itself was the destination and every mile felt like discovery.