Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| Southfield Bank, Whicham | ||
| Southfield Bank | ||
| civil parish:- | Whicham (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | headland (of sorts) | |
| coordinates:- | SD12468042 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD1280 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD18 | |
| altitude:- | 52 feet | |
| altitude:- | 16m | |
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| evidence:- | possibly old text:- Gents Mag placename:- Southfield Point item:- surveying; base line |
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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 1748 p.292 "... I measured a fresh base line to fix Southfield point, on a very stoney shore of 88 chains. Off this head a sailor assured me that a very large stone, as big or bigger than his vessel, lies about three miles from land, bare at low ebbs, that he has seen it several times, and has sail'd very near it." |
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