Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| spring, Gilsland Spa (2) | ||
| locality:- | Gilsland Spa | |
| civil parish:- | Waterhead (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | spring (sulphurous) | |
| coordinates:- | NY63556782 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY6367 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY66 | |
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| MN photo:- |
Rebuilt 1964; the trickle of water stinks of sulphur. |
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 CGX05.jpg (taken 17.11.2017)  CGX06.jpg (taken 17.11.2017) |
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| evidence:- | possibly old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 13 5) |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Sulphurous Spa" |
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 CGX07.jpg (taken 17.11.2017)  BOV70.jpg (taken 21.3.2008) |
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| hearsay:- |
The smelly sulphur water would cure anything from gout to lowness of spirits. |
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