Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| memorial, St John's Castlerigg etc (2) | ||
| site name:- | Helvellyn | |
| civil parish:- | St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | memorial | |
| coordinates:- | NY34271505 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3415 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY31 | |
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 BRB60.jpg (taken 9.7.2009) |
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| "THE FIRST AEROPLANE TO LAND ON A MOUNTAIN IN GREAT BRITAIN DID SO ON THIS SPOT ON DECEMBER 22ND 1926 JOHN LEEMING AND BERT HINKLER IN AN AVRO 585 GOSPORT LANDED HERE AND AFTER A SHORT STAY FLEW BACK TO WOODFORD." |
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