Literature
Although not associated with the major figures of British literature, the Yorkshire Dales do boast many examples of the written word.  The most famous authors from the environs of the Dales (although they are from just outside the National Park in Haworth) are the Brontë sisters. More recently, James Herriot has introduced the Dales to a worldwide audience through books and television.

There are many 'dialect poets' from the Dales. These include John Thwaite (died 1941) of Hawes in Wensleydale and Thomas Blackah, a self-educated lead miner in Nidderdale, born 1828, died in Leeds in 1895. He wrote:

Coom, don on thy bonnet an' shawl,
An' straighten thy cap an' thy hair;
I's really beginnin' to stall
To see thee sit dazzin' i' t' chair.

Another notable wordsmith was Kit Calvert, a poet and scholar from Burtersett in Upper Wensleydale, and shown in the image.  One of his works was the translation of the Bible into 'Wensleydale'.