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| Stable Hills, Borrowdale | ||
| Stable Hills | ||
| civil parish:- | Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | locality | |
| coordinates:- | NY26802170 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2621 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY22 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Clarke 1787 placename:- Stable Hills |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland,
and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93. goto sourcePage 70:- "..." "Stable-Hills, which are near to Lord's Island, seem to have taken their name from the stables built near them: they have been connected with the house by no other means than boats, as the channel that divides them is upwards of an hundred yards broad." |
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