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| Fountain, Milnthorpe | ||
| locality:- | Milnthorpe | |
| civil parish:- | Milnthorpe (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | spring | |
| locality type:- | well | |
| coordinates:- | SD49818150 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD4981 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD48 | |
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 BJR04.jpg The Fountain, Milnthorpe was the town's water supply up to 1906. The Fountain, at the back of a car park off the main road, is on the site of a natural spring. The spring can be seen below a grating. After a Miss Rawlinson fell in the fountain, 1880, on her way home from evensong, protecting stones were placed around it. After a circus elephant slipped in the fountain, 1941, the spring was covered with concrete. The Fountain was restored in 2000; it looks rather sad fitted with a plain tap on a plain pipe. (taken 2.8.2005) |
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