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| Chapel Hill, Workington | ||
| Chapel Hill | ||
| civil parish:- | Workington (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | hill | |
| coordinates:- | NX98522848 (about) | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9828 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX92 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 53 10) placename:- Chapel Hill |
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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. "Chapel Hill / St Michaels Mount" |
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| evidence:- | probably old text:- Mackenzie 1776 placename:- How Michael |
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| source data:- | Charts, and sailing directions, Nautical Descriptions of the
West Coast of Great Britain, Bristol Channel to Cape Wrath, by
Murdoch Mackenzie, published London, 1776. goto sourcePages 23-24:- "... ..." "Dubmill-swap is a broad sand between Allonby and Beckfoot, ... To avoid the extremity of this sand; keep St. Bee's Head a ship's-length without How-michael; or ..." "..." "Workington distinguished at Sea. / Workington may be distinguished at sea by How-michael Hill, which has a small tower on the top of it, and stands about half a mile south-westward of the Harbour's-mouth." |
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