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dovecote, Beetham
locality:-   Beetham
civil parish:-   Beetham (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   dovecote
1Km square:-   SD4979 (?) 
10Km square:-   SD47

hearsay:-  
NW of the church.
Built by Sir Francis Duckett, who was steward to Lord Derby, 1620. The 800 birds provided egg and meat for the manor, and the droppings could be used for manure, or to provide saltpetre for gunpowder manufacture.

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