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| Blindtarn Gill Farm, Easedale | ||
| Blindtarn Gill Farm | ||
| locality:- | Easedale | |
| locality:- | Grasmere | |
| civil parish:- | Lakes (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY32320820 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3208 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY30 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 18 16) placename:- Blindtarn Gill |
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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:- | possibly old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) placename:- Gill |
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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. J5NY30NW.jpg "Gill" circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s |
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| source data:- | Photograph, black and white, Blindtarn Ghyll House presumably Blindtarn Gill Farm,
Grasmere, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s. click to enlargeHB0376.jpg stamped at reverse:- "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE" item:- Armitt Library : ALPS30 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Blindtarn Gill |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "BLINDTARN GILL / / / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 452085 / NY3232308201" |
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| story:- |
George and Sarah Green were caught in a snow storm walking home to Blindtarn Gill
Farm, from a sale in Langdalehead, and died in White Gill, 19 March 1808. Agness,
the eldest of their six children, looked after the family and farm, feeding and milking
etc, for two days before being able to go for help. |
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| Dorothy Wordsworth raised funds, and got families in Grasmere to take in the orphans;
Sarah becoming a servant with the Wordsworth Family. The children are buried in Grasmere. |
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