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| Canal Cottage, Hincaster | ||
| Canal Cottage | ||
| site name:- | Lancaster Canal | |
| Street:- | Sedgewick Road | |
| civil parish:- | Hincaster (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | canal building | |
| coordinates:- | SD50858506 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5085 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD58 | |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Canal Cottage |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CANAL COTTAGE / / SEDGEWICK ROAD / HINCASTER / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 456599 / SD5086785047" |
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| hearsay:- |
The canal man who lived at the cottage measured the water level each day and if necessary
sent word, by the postman, to Killington Reservoir, that water was needed to top up
the level. |
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