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| Wilson House, Upper Allithwaite | ||
| Wilson House | ||
| civil parish:- | Upper Allithwaite (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | SD42608092 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD4280 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD48 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 13 9) placename:- Wilson House |
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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 map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) placename:- Wilson House |
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| source data:- | Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1
mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas
Jefferys, London, 1770. J5SD48SW.jpg "Wilson H." house item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles
to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805. CY24SD48.jpg house symbol; large house item:- JandMN : 129 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
It is said that the first iron boat in the world was forged here by John Wilkinson
about 1750. It was shallow bottomed and intended for transporting peats down the River
Winster for the furnace. |
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| Rumour has the boat sunk in the mud at Helton Tarn. |
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