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| Tinker's Ford, Staveley-in-Cartmel | ||
| Tinker's Ford | ||
| site name:- | Leven, River | |
| locality:- | Newby Bridge | |
| civil parish:- | Staveley-in-Cartmel (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | ford (once) | |
| coordinates:- | SD36918634 (guess) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD3686 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD38 | |
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| story:- |
It is said: that before there was any bridge at Newby Bridge there was a ford in this
part of the river; the river being only 2 or 3 feet deep, normally. But there was
a deep in the middle, called the Dog Hole. A tinker crossing the ford stepped into
the hole, and was found standing up, drowned. |
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