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| Hilpsford, Walney Island | ||
| Hilpsford | ||
| Hilspford Sand | ||
| locality:- | Walney Island | |
| civil parish:- | Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | sands | |
| locality type:- | locality | |
| coordinates:- | SD20536166 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD2061 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD26 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 27 16) placename:- Hilpsford |
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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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| evidence:- | old text:- Mackenzie 1776 placename:- Helspford Sand |
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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 sourcePage 18:- "... ..." "To sail into Piel-of-Foudray from the N.; take half-flood, and keep Black-comb Hill out by Walney (to avoid Helpsford Sand) ..." "..." "The rocks and shoals to be avoided between Piel-of-Foudray and St. Bee's Head, are Helpsford Sand, which extends above a mile W. from the S. end of Walney: ..." |
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