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| Jacob Walton Monument, Alston | ||
| Jacob Walton Monument | ||
| locality:- | Alston | |
| civil parish:- | Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | monument | |
| coordinates:- | NY71754644 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7146 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY74 | |
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 BXK82.jpg (taken 28.9.2012)  BXK83.jpg (taken 28.9.2012) |
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| Jacob Walton, mining engineer, born at Greenends, 1809, died 1863. He managed a number
of mines in the area, and prospected for new minerals. |
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| evidence:- | old itinerary:- Johnson 1908 (Roads/Cum) |
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| source data:- | Itinerary, Route 43 reverse in Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, Glasgow to Doncaster,
through Alston, by Claude Johnson, edited by Lord Montagu, published by The Car Illustrated,
168 Piccadilly, London, 1908. click to enlargeJS5101.jpg item:- private collection : 268.15 Image © see bottom of page |
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