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is now held by the Duchy of Lancaster, by patent, and the
Carter receives twenty pounds per annum, besides what
trifling remuneration people choose to give towards the
encouragement of welcome civility. The views in crossing are
very extensive: the principal and most interesting feature
is the Sands themselves, bounded by the low promontories and
sloping shores that are enlivened by villages, backed in the
distance by the Cumberland and Westmorland mountains. Mr.
Stephenson proposes in his line of Railway, intended to
connect Preston with Carlisle and Glasgow, to carry an
embankment across these Sands, by which project an immense
quantity of land would also be acquired.
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Cartmel
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CARTMEL
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Holy Well
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Is a small market-town, situated on the peninsula formed by
the Kent and Leven rivers. The most interesting object, as
is usually the case in all our small towns and villages, is
the church, dedicated to St. Mary, an ancient and handsome
structure, formerly a priory, and containing several fine
monuments. The town is chiefly supported by its mineral
spring, called Holy Well, three miles south of the town,
celebrated as a remedy for stone, gout, and cutaneous
complaints. The water flows from a projecting rock of
limestone, called Humphrey Head, and its healing qualities
cause a considerable influx of visitors from the
neighbouring places.
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-- Cartmel Priory
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-- "Cartmel" -- Cartmel
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-- (Cumbria Coast main line)
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-- "Holy Well" -- Holy Well
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-- (sands road, Lancaster Sands)
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