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| Wodow Bank, St John Beckermet | ||
| Wodow Bank | ||
| Wodobank | ||
| locality:- | Thornhill | |
| civil parish:- | St John Beckermet (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY00880809 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY0008 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY00 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 72 11) placename:- Wotobank |
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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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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Wada Bank |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1
inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29
Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774. D4NY00NW.jpg "Wada Bank" block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) placename:- Wotobank |
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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 76:- "... The name of Egremont signifies the 'Mount of sorrow:' but it must not be confounded with Wotobank, which is two miles from the castle." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Wodow Bank item:- date stone (1816) |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "WODOW BANK / / / ST JOHN BECKERMET / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76370 / NY0088408059" |
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| hearsay:- |
The local story:- |
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| "A lord of Beckermet, and his lady and servants, were one time hunting the wolf. During
the chase the lord missed his lady; after a long and painful search, they at last,
to his inexpressible sorrow, found her body lying on this hill or bank, slain by a
wolf, and the ravenous beast in the very act of tearing it to pieces till frightened
by the dogs. In the first transports of his grief the first words the sorrowful husband
uttered were 'woe to this bank'." |
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| Baron 1925 |
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