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| Beckside, Dalton-in-Furness | ||
| Beckside | ||
| locality:- | Dalton-in-Furness | |
| civil parish:- | Dalton Town with Newton (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | SD231739 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD2373 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD27 | |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by
Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W
Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William
Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman,
Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd,
Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839. goto sourcePage 157:- "[Dalton] ... Romney, the portrait-painter, was born at a place called Beckside, in Dalton. ..." |
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| hearsay:- |
George Romney was born here. He worked as a joiner with his father but was then apprenticed
to a portait painter in Kendal, Christopher Steel. He left for London iin 1762, not
returning to his wife and children till 1799. Died 1802. |
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| personal | ||
| person:- | artist : Romney, George |
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| place:- | birthplace | |
| date:- | 1734 |
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