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| Holme Fold, Orton S | ||
| Holme Fold | ||
| locality:- | Langdale Fell | |
| civil parish:- | Orton S (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | sheepfold | |
| locality type:- | reservoir | |
| coordinates:- | NY64700194 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY6401 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY60 | |
| references:- | OS County Series |
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| MN photo:- |
Reused as the enclosure for a water cistern, the collection point can be seen in the
stream, and an overflow seen on the downstream face. |
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 BWJ57.jpg (taken 5.5.2012)  BWJ58.jpg (taken 5.5.2012) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 29) placename:- Holme Fold |
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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. "Holme Fold" |
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| MN photo:- |
Markers for the water and stop valve can be found down the Churn Gill. The water system
was installed in the 1930s. |
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 BWJ59.jpg Marker:- "N.W.R.D.C." (taken 5.5.2012)  BWJ60.jpg Marker:- "3[inch] MAIN" (taken 5.5.2012)  BWJ61.jpg Marker and stop valve. (taken 5.5.2012) |
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| Higher up Churngill Beck is another weir and take off point, and, presumably, a cistern. |
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 BWJ64.jpg (taken 5.5.2012)  BWJ63.jpg (taken 5.5.2012) |
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