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Page 94:-
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Lancaster to Ulverston
Lancaster Sands
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FROM LANCASTER TO ULVERSTON, OVER THE SANDS.
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| Miles. | | Miles. |
| 4 | Hest
Bank | 4 |
| 10 | Kents
Bank | 14 |
| 2 | Flookborough | 16 |
| 1 | Cark | 17 |
| 3 | Canal-foot | 20 |
| 2 | Ulverston | 22 |
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Flookborough
Holy Well
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Flookborough is a village lying between the estuaries of the Kent
and Leven: it has two comfortable inns fitted for the reception
of persons making use of a medicinal spring near Humphrey Head,
two miles distant. This water is considered a mild and safe
purgative; and were a suitable accommodation erected upon the
spot, there would be no doubt of its becoming a place of
considerable resort. On the other hand is the small town of
Cartmel with its ancient Church; between Flookborough and the
Leven sands, surrounded by a fine park, lies Holker Hall, the
seat of The Earl of Burlington: and on the opposite shore of the
Leven are the noble woods of Conishead and Bardsea.
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sands road
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To avoid the sands, the crossing of which has in some instances
been attended with danger, the more circuitous turnpike road by
Milnthorp is now generally preferred.
From Lancaster to Milnthorp is 14 miles: and here is the option
of the Ulverston or Kendal roads. After passing Heversham and
Levens, the Ulverston road turns to the left, over some large
tracts of peatmoss, having on the right the isolated ridges of
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-- Flookburgh
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-- Holker Hall
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-- Holy Well
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-- "Lancaster to Ulverston, over the Sands" -- (road,
Lancaster to Ulverston)
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