Don't know if this will help but may be worth a glance at:
Craven S A, 2007, History of cave exploration in the Northern Pennines of England: the work of clubs, 1892 - 1945. BCRA Cave & Karst Science 34 (1) pp.23 - 32. It covers all the main caving clubs in the Dales active during that period and has a reference list with 327 items.