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| Romanway Farm, Hesket | ||
| Romanway Farm | ||
| locality:- | Plumpton | |
| civil parish:- | Hesket (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY49633744 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4937 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY43 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 49 3) placename:- Romanway |
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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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Percy Topliss, aka the Monocled Mutineer, a deserter and murderer, was caught at this
farm, and shot while resisting arrest, 6 June 1920. |
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 CEW24.jpg (taken 15.4.2016) |
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