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| Dick Turpin's Leap, Mallerstang | ||
| Dick Turpin's Leap | ||
| site name:- | Hell Gill Beck | |
| locality:- | Hell Gill | |
| locality:- | Mallerstang | |
| civil parish:- | Mallerstang (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | gorge | |
| coordinates:- | SD786968 (?) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD7896 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD79 | |
| SummaryText:- | hearsay | |
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| story:- |
Dick Turpin on Black Bess is said to have made a wild leap across Hell Gill on his
way to the Yorkshire border, on the other side of which a warrant for his arrest would
be invalid. Mind you, it might not have been Dick Turpin, but perhaps a local rober,
perhaps Will Nevison, aka Swift Nicks. |
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| A version of the romantic tale is given in Chums, 11 January 1893. |
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