Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| spa, Church Brough | ||
| locality:- | Church Brough | |
| locality:- | Brough | |
| civil parish:- | Brough (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | spa | |
| locality type:- | spring | |
| locality type:- | well | |
| coordinates:- | NY791141 (approx) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7914 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY71 | |
| references:- | Simpson 1746 |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Simpson 1746 placename:- Upper Brough placename:- Church Brough |
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| source data:- | Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as
'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller
...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746. goto sourcePage 1025:- "... Church Brough, ... Near the Bridge a Spaw-well was lately discovered. ..." |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Lowther 1780s-90s |
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| source data:- | Scrapbook, 4 volumes, of descriptive texts, maps, and prints of
views and coats of arms, for Westmorland and Cumberland,
assembled by a member of the Lowther Family, late 18th early
19th century. Text with a print, engraving, Brough Castle, drawn by Samuel Hooper, engraved by Sparrow, 1775:- "... CAMDEN describing this country [round Brough] says, '... Church-Brough, where the Church standeth, ... near the Bridge is a Spaw-well, which hath not long been discovered. ..." |
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