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| Tom Smith's Leap, Dalston | ||
| Tom Smith's Leap | ||
| locality:- | Chalk Beck | |
| locality:- | Chalk Quarries | |
| civil parish:- | Dalston (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | locality | |
| coordinates:- | NY33934748 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3347 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY34 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 30 9) placename:- Tom Smith's Leap |
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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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| story:- |
Tom Smith leapt from the rocks here to escape pursuit for felony, and died on the
rocks below. |
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