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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

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 27 16) 
placename:-  Hilpsford Point
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.

evidence:-   old text:- Admiralty 1933
placename:-  Hilpsford Point
item:-  semaphore
source data:-   image AY01p375, button  goto source
Page 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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