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[fre]quented. Population, 347. Not far from this town is
Holker Hall, the seat of the Burlingtons.
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Flookborough
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Flookborough was anciently a market-town, by charter
of Edward I.
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Leven Sands
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Leven Sands are fordable at low water, and are about
three miles in breadth. Splendid views are obtained in
crossing them, as they are bounded by the woods of Holker
Hall and Conishead Priory, and closed in by a nucleus of
mountains, of which the Man Mountain is the most
conspicuous.
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Ulverston
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ULVERSTON is the capital of Furness, and a flourishing
market-town and port. A new church has lately been erected,
and there are several dissenting meeting-houses. The old
church, dedicated to St. Mary, was enlarged in 1804, and is
now one of the handsomest churches in Lancashire. There is a
coach daily to and from Lancaster. Population, 5352; inns,
Sun and Braddyll Arms. In this neighbourhood
are Conishead Priory, the modern mansion of Colonel
Braddyll, and Swarthmoor Hall, once the property of George
Fox, the founder of the Society of Friends.
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Ulverston to Furness Abbey
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IV. EXCURSION FROM ULVERSTON TO FURNESS
ABBEY.- 12 MILES.
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| 5 | Dalton | 5 |
| 1 | Furness | 6 |
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Dalton-in-Furness
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DALTON, a small market-town, was anciently the capital of
Furness. It consists of one street, ter-
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-- "Cartmel" -- Cartmel
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-- "Conishead Priory" -- Conishead Priory
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-- "Dalton" -- Dalton-in-Furness
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-- "Flookborough" -- Flookburgh
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-- "Holker Hall" -- Holker Hall
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-- St Mary and Holy Trinity Church
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-- "Swarth Moor Hall" -- Swarthmoor Hall
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-- "Leven Sands" -- (Ulverston Sands)
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-- "Ulverstone" -- Ulverston
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