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| Plough Inn, Wreay | ||
| Plough Inn | ||
| locality:- | Wreay | |
| civil parish:- | St Cuthbert Without (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | inn | |
| coordinates:- | NY43604889 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4348 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY44 | |
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 BND77.jpg (taken 3.2.2007) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 31 5) placename:- Plough Inn |
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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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 BND78.jpg Flag of the Twelve Men of Wreay. (taken 3.2.2007)  BND79.jpg Churchwarden clay pipes of the Twelve Men of Wreay. (taken 3.2.2007) |
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| hearsay:- |
The Twelve Men of Wreay can trace their history back to the late 17th century. Documents
in the leather bound book kept by curate William Gaskin, from 1783, include a petition
to Edward Rainbow, Bishop of Carlisle 1664-84. |
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| From 1786, William Gaskin recorded the regular meetings of the group on Candlemas,
at the Plough Inn, Wreay. Meetings are followed by a meal of oatcakes, bread, cheese
and ale, after which a clay pipe is smoked; all for one shilling (once upon a time). |
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| Today the group is a registered charity which supports the school and church; the
members are trustees of the School House and Cemetery Cottage. |
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