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| Greystoke Pillar, Dacre | ||
| Greystoke Pillar | ||
| civil parish:- | Dacre (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | monument | |
| locality type:- | pillar | |
| coordinates:- | NY49262974 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4929 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY42 | |
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 BLP13.jpg (taken 4.2.2006)  BLP14.jpg coat of arms, Grimethorpe Family, Barons of Greystoke, descendents of Greystoke Family, ancestors of the Dacre and Howard Families? (taken 4.2.2006) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 58 7) placename:- Greystoke Pillar |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Greystoke Pillar |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "GREYSTOKE PILLAR / / / DACRE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73787 / NY4926429742" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Monument. Late C18 for the 11th Duke of Norfolk. Reeded pink sandstone ashlar. Square base and plinth incorporating an earlier carved coat-of-arms of the Howard family of Greystoke Castle. Tapering octagonal obelisk on top with a fillet. O.S. bench mark on one side." |
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| hearsay:- |
Erected as a boundary marker, dividing the manors of the Duke of Norfolk and those
of the Earl of Lonsdale. |
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