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| Wren Gill | ||||
| civil parish:- | Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland) | |||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| locality type:- | river | |||
| 1Km square:- | NY4608 | |||
| 1Km square:- | NY4708 | |||
| 10Km square:- | NY40 | |||
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 BPV07.jpg [Main] tributary of Wren Gill. (taken 17.11.2008)  BPV09.jpg Wren Gill and Tarn Crag. (taken 17.11.2008) |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Bulmer 1880s (1st edn 1885/Wmd) placename:- Rangill Head |
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| source data:- | Series of books, each the History, Topography, and Directory of
a county in the NW, mostly by T F Bulmer, published by T Bulmer
and Co, Manchester, Lancashire, 1880s; 2nd editions 1900s-10s. "In the north, separating this township from Mardale, is Rangill Head, a mountain containing fine blue slate, which was extensively quarried towards the latter part of the last century." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS 1881-82 New Series (outline edition) placename:- Wren Gill |
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| source data:- | Map, engraving, area north of Kendal, Westmorland, New Series
one inch map, outline edition, sheet 39, scale 1 inch to 1 mile,
published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire,
1881-82. O21NY40U.jpg , "Wren Gill" item:- JandMN : 61 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | textbook:- EPNS Westmorland 1967 placename:- Wrangdayll |
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| source data:- | Book, The Place Names of Westmorland, two volumes, by A H Smith,
published for the English Place Name Society by Cambridge
University Press, Cambridgeshire, 1967 |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ffinch 1983 |
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| source data:- | Book, Kendal and the Kent Valley, by Michael Ffinch, published
by Robert Hale, London, 1983. "The River Sprint rises high on the fells about a mile south of Haweswater. From the slope of Adam Seat it begins as Wren Gill flowing south between Raven Crag and Goat Scar on its western side, and Buckbarrow on the east. ..." |
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| evidence:- | map:- OS Six Inch (1956) placename:- Wren Gill |
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| source data:- | Map series, various editions with the national grid, scale about
6 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey,
Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s,
then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on
demand from digital data. SINY4708.jpg "Wren Gill" |
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 BJD15.jpg Waterfalls on the River Sprint and Wren Gill. It is not clear from maps or local opinion which river is the upper part of the Sprint. (taken 7.9.2004) |
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