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| Heron Syke, Burton-in-Kendal | ||
| Heron Syke | ||
| civil parish:- | Burton-in-Kendal (formerly Westmorland) (?) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | river | |
| locality type:- | boundary | |
| locality type:- | county boundary | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5275 (etc) | |
| 10Km square:- | SD57 | |
| old boundary | ||
| locality:- | Westmorland boundary | |
| locality:- | Lancashire boundary | |
| references:- | OS County Series |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 19 9) placename:- Heron Syke |
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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. Drawn along the west side of the Lancaster to Burton road (now A6070), about Deerslet. "Heron Syke" The road is labelled:- "HERON SYKE TURNPIKE" and further north is a boundary stone labelled:- "County Stone (Heron Syke marked on it)" |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) placename:- Heron Syke |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the
mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be
visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the
district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick,
Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur
Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49,
latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes. goto sourcePage 88:- "... a stream of the smallest class: as Heron-Syke near Burton - dividing the counties of Westmorland and Lancashire." |
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