Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| Lawson's Leap, St Bees | ||
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| Lawson's Leap | ||
| locality:- | St Bees Head | |
| civil parish:- | St Bees (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9413 (guess) | |
| 10Km square:- | NX91 | |
| references:- | Gents Mag 1731 |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag item:- hunting |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto sourceGentleman's Magazine 1831 part 1 p.300 "... Proceeding along the summit of Preston Isle [St Bees Head], or, as it is now called, Preston Quarter, ... Here too is the disjointed rock standing at some distance from the rest, separated by a tremendous chasm called "Lawson's Leap," some adventurous Nimrod of that name having formerly cleared it in the excitation of the chase. ..." |
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