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| Haws Point, Walney Island | ||
| Haws Point | ||
| locality:- | Walney Island | |
| civil parish:- | Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | headland | |
| coordinates:- | SD23326214 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD2362 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD26 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 28 9) placename:- Haws Point |
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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:- | old text:- Mackenzie 1776 placename:- Haws Point |
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| source data:- | Charts, and sailing directions, Nautical Descriptions of the
West Coast of Great Britain, Bristol Channel to Cape Wrath, by
Murdoch Mackenzie, published London, 1776. goto sourcePage 18:- "... ..." "To sail into Piel-of-Foudray from the S.; first make the old castle on that Island ...keep the castle N. by E. or N. by E. ½E. and after half-flood steer for the Haws-point of Walney; give it a small birth, and steer for the E. side of Piel-of-Foudray Island, ..." |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Admiralty 1933 placename:- |
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| source data:- | goto source Page 376:- "Haws point, at the eastern end of Walney island, which forms the western side of the entrance, is fronted by a steep shingle beach; ..." |
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