Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| Orrest Head Farm, Windermere | ||
| Orrest Head | ||
| locality:- | Windermere | |
| civil parish:- | Windermere (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | SD41619859 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD4198 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD49 | |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Orrest Head Farm |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "ORREST HEAD FARMHOUSE / / KENDAL ROAD / WINDERMERE TOWN / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 351690 / SD4159798604" |
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| notes:- |
The farmer, Josiah Brown, had a large savage bull, so had a farmer in Troutbeck. Josiah
made a challenge for a fight between the two bulls. He rode his bull to the battleground,
and he won. His prize was the body of the beaten animal, which he gave to the poor
of Troutbeck. |
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| Baron 1925 |
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