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| Branthwaite Nook, Branthwaite | ||
| Branthwaite Nook | ||
| Neuk Cottage | ||
| locality:- | Branthwaite | |
| civil parish:- | Dean (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY05912474 (?) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY0524 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY02 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 62 1) placename:- Branthwaite Nook |
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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. |
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| story:- |
A headless corpse was found at the barn at Neuk Cottage, early 17th century. Her ghost,
the Branthwaite Boggle, wanders about wailing, looking for her head. |
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