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 St John, Waberthwaite |
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| sundial, Waberthwaite | ||
| site name:- | St John's Church | |
| locality:- | Hall Waberthwaite (?) | |
| civil parish:- | Waberthwaite (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | sundial | |
| coordinates:- | SD10029511 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD1095 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD19 | |
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 BMT08.jpg (taken 30.9.2006)  BNT89.jpg Sundial, at 10.28 gmt, and to set my watch 1 minute slower. The dial is graduated in hours and 2 minute intervals; there is a compass rose; and there is a scale of months and days from which you then read how many minutes to set your watch slower or faster. Made by:- "Watkins &Hill / LONDON" for:- "REVd J STANLEY / 1830" at:- "LAT 54 [degrees] 13 [minutes]" (taken 5.6.2007) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "SUNDIAL CIRCA 8 YARDS SOUTH OF CHURCH / / / WABERTHWAITE / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76291 / SD1002895102" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Sundial. Brass plate dated 1830, by Watkins &Hill of London for the Reverend J Stanley. Sandstone, c5 1/2 ft high. Moulded square plinth, turned upright, and moulded square top with inset circular brass plate and gnomon." |
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| notes:- |
Cumbrian Sundials database, R Sylvester, 29.5.2008:- |
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| "Hall Waberthwaite / Right of church door by old cross" |
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| made 1830 |
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| British Sundial Society reference number 2220 |
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