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| White Moss Common, Lakes | ||
| White Moss Common | ||
| civil parish:- | Lakes (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | hill | |
| coordinates:- | NY34530660 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3406 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY30 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 1) placename:- White Moss |
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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:- | descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) placename:- Grasmere Hill placename:- station, Grasmere Hill |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by
William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in
London, 1778 to 1821. goto source (coming from Rydal) Page 80:- "station, Grasmere Hill" "Mount Grasmere hill, and from the top, have a view of as sweet a scene as travelled eye ever beheld [2]. Mr. Gray's description of this peaceful, happy vale, will raise a wish in every reader to see so primaeval a place. ...." "" "[2] A little to the left of the road, is No.5, of Mr. Farrington's views." |
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| source data:- | goto source Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 Page 211:- "... [descending from Dunmail Raise] ... The road here winds over Grasmere-hill, whose rocks soon conceal the water from your sight;" |
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