>From Genuki: "BEN RHYDDING, a village and hydropathic establishment in the parish of Ilkley, with railway station, 4 miles W. of Otley and 12 miles NW of Leeds; P.O. The hydropathic is 1.5 miles E. of the village, and is surrounded by beautiful grounds. [From Bartholomew's Gazetteer, 1887]" mary lou