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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)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 31 5) 
placename:-  Plough Inn
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)  
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BND79.jpg  Churchwarden clay pipes of the Twelve Men of Wreay.
(taken 3.2.2007)  

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.
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).
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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