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Herte |
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Isle of Hertye |
| civil parish:- |
Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire) |
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Cumbria |
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locality |
| locality type:- |
buildings |
| locality type:- |
flood |
| 10Km square:- |
SD26 |
| 1Km square:- |
SD2060 |
| 10Km square:- |
SD26 |
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Lost beneath the sea; not heard of since 1387. |
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hearsay:-
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Possibly off the coast of Dalton parish near Piel Island. Flooded by sea rise in the
medieval warm period.
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Walter Doget, 1387, made a bequest:-
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"to the more needy poor within the Isle of Herte"
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Cracknell, Basil E: 2005: Outrageous Waves: Phillimore and Co:: ISBN 1 86077 344 0
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