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Page 154:-
[popu]lation, 1686; market-day, Thursday; inn, Rose and
Crown, and The Dragon.
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Kendal
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KENDAL.- (See page 19.)
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Lancaster to Ulverston, over the
sands
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III. LANCASTER TO ULVERSTON, OVER THE
SANDS.- 21 MILES.
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| Miles. | LANCASTER TO | Miles. |
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| 3½ | Hest Bank | 3½ |
| ¼ | Lancaster Sands | 3¾ |
| 9 | Kent's Bank | 12¾ |
| 1 | Allithwaite | 13¾ |
| 1¼ | Flookborough | 15 |
| 1 | Leven Sands | 16 |
| 5 | Ulverston | 21 |
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Hest Bank
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Hest Bank.- A bathing-place on the edge of Morecam
Bay.
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Lancaster Sands
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Lancaster Sands.- From Hest Bank to Cartmel the Sands
are about eleven miles in breadth, and guides are stationed
on them to preserve travellers from devouring quicksands,
deep channels, and the flowing tide, which twice a-day
covers the whole sandy plain many feet deep in water. The
Sands can only be crossed when the tide is out, and
should never be attempted without the guides. The views
here are very fine, embracing the whole coast of the Bay of
Morecam, Peel Castle at its entrance, the Crags of Warton
and Arnside on the right, Ingleborough and its buttresses to
the east, and in front, the Westmorland and Cumberland
mountains.
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Allithwaite
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Allithwaite is a village in the parish of Cartmel.
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Cartmel
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CARTMEL is a small market-town, having an ancient and
handsome church. Three miles hence is a medicinal spring,
called Holy Well, much fre-
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-- "Allithwaite" -- Allithwaite
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-- "Cartmel" -- Cartmel
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-- "Hest Bank" -- Hest Bank
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-- "Holy Well" -- Holy Well
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-- "Kirkby Lonsdale" -- Kirkby Lonsdale
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-- "Lancaster Sands" -- Lancaster Sands
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-- "Lancaster to Ulverston over The Sands" --
Lancaster to Ulverston
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