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| Rent Stone, Beetham | ||
| Rent Stone | ||
| locality:- | Beetham | |
| civil parish:- | Beetham (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | glacial erratic | |
| coordinates:- | SD49857913 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD4979 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD47 | |
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| hearsay:- |
Shap granite, glacial erratic. |
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| There is a local tradition that farm tenants gathered here to pay their rents to the
lord of the manor. This seems pretty unlikely, rents were probably paid at Beetham
Hall, at least up to 1672 when the roof was removed. |
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