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| Katharine Well, Hesket | ||
| Katharine Well | ||
| civil parish:- | Hesket (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | water trough | |
| locality type:- | well | |
| locality type:- | memorial | |
| locality type:- | drinking fountain | |
| coordinates:- | NY44184614 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4446 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY44 | |
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 BNI11.jpg (taken 9.3.2007)  BNI12.jpg Plauque:- "1866 / KATHARINE WELL" built in memory of Katharine Losh, Woodside, Wreay (taken 9.3.2007) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 31 9) |
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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. "Well" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Katharine Well |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "KATHARINE WELL / / / HESKET / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73925 / NY4417646141" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Well head and drinking troughs. Dated 1866 and inscribed KATHARINE WELL. Dressed red sandstone. Central round arch over spring, with 2 flanking lower round arches, all opening into troughs set into the ground. Upper arcade of tall round-headed arches, with central inscription on greenslate THIS WELL WAS BUILT IN MEMORY OF KATHARINE LOSH OF WOODSIDE, WREAY, FOR THE WATERING OF HORSES WHICH USED THE ROAD, RESTORED BY MEMBERS OF THE PARISH 1970." |
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 BSF43.jpg A sadly neglected seat. (taken 2.3.2010) |
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