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| White Gill | ||
| White Lady | ||
| civil parish:- | Coniston (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | river | |
| coordinates:- | SD30809865 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD3098 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD39 | |
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 BSJ66.jpg Running after heavy rains. (taken 30.3.2010)  BZN28.jpg (taken 15.10.2013) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 1 16) placename:- White Gill |
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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:- Martineau 1855 |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet
Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland,
and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76. goto sourcePage 149:- "... There are other mountain paths out of Langdale. There is one into Easedale ... commonly used in good weather. It was by this track that the unfortunate couple,- the" goto sourcePage 150:- "Greens, whose story is so well known,- were lost in the snow, on their return from a sale in Langdale, to their home and six children in Easedale. ..." |
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 BLV68.jpg (taken 13.4.2006) |
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| hearsay:- |
George and Sarah Green of Blindtarn Gill Farm were caught in a snow storm walking
home from a sale in Langdalehead, and died in White Gill, 19 March 1808. |
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