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boundary stone, Burton-in-Kendal (3)
locality:-   Heronsyke
civil parish:-   Burton-in-Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   boundary stone
locality type:-   county boundary mark
coordinates:-   SD52857577
1Km square:-   SD5275
10Km square:-   SD57
county:-   Lancashire
old boundary
locality:-   Westmorland boundary
locality:-   Lancashire boundary
references:-   OS County Series

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series
placename:-  County Stone
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.
"County Stone (Heron Syke marked on it)"

evidence:-   old text:- Harper 1907
item:-  placename, Heronsyke
source data:-   Guidebook, The Manchester and Glasgow Road, by Charles G Harper, published by Chapman and Hall Ltd, London, 1907.
HP01p097.txt
Page 97:-  "..."
"The old boundary of Westmoreland and Lancashire, somewhat varied in recent times, is seen marked on a brass plate on the way to Burton-in-Kendal, opposite a group of old cottages standing in a hollow beside the modern raised road. The place is called Heron Syke, and the deep hollow and surviving fragment of old road illustrate the ancient name, indicating a marshy place with a brook, once frequented by herons."

hearsay:-  
Believed to have been unearthed recently: 2012.

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