Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| beacon, Stainton | ||
| site name:- | Helm, The | |
| civil parish:- | Stainton (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | beacon (?) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5388 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD58 | |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by
William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in
London, 1778 to 1821. goto sourcePage 14:- "... The station at Lancaster was connected with that at Watercrook, near Kendal, by the intervention of the beacon on Warton Crag, and the castellum on the summit of a hill that rises immediately above Watercrook, at present called Castle Steads." |
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