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| Hilpsford Point, Walney Island | ||
| Hilpsford Point | ||
| locality:- | Walney Island | |
| civil parish:- | Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | headland | |
| coordinates:- | SD21806160 (about) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD2161 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD26 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 27 16) placename:- Hilpsford Point |
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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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| evidence:- | old text:- Admiralty 1933 placename:- Hilpsford Point item:- semaphore |
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| source data:- |  goto sourcePage 375:- "... Walney island, ... look-out house, flagstaff and semaphore near Hilpsford point, at the south-western extremity of the island, ... are all conspicuous objects." |
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