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| Tomlin Rock, St Bees Head | ||
| Tomlin Rock | ||
| site name:- | St Bees Head | |
| locality:- | Tomlin | |
| civil parish:- | St Bees (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | rocks | |
| coordinates:- | NX94881250 (about) | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9412 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX91 | |
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 CDK96.jpg Anchor, at St Bees. (taken 23.6.2015) |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag placename:- Tomlyne |
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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.301 "... Bega, a pious woman from Ireland, who is said to have founded a small monastery here about the year 650. Respecting this holy woman, tradition is not entirely silent. It is said, that on her voyage from Ireland she was in imminent danger of being wrecked upon the rocks below the mountain called Tomlyne, on the coast of Saint Bees, and, according to the custom of those days, vowed to build a religious house, should she be fortunate enough to escape. ..." |
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Spanish steamship Izaro was wrecked on Tomlin Rock, St Bees Head, in fog, May 1907.
The crew were able to get ashore. The remains of the hull can still be seen at low
spring tide. |
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