Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| fingerpost, Near Sawrey | ||
| locality:- | Near Sawrey | |
| civil parish:- | Claife (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | fingerpost | |
| coordinates:- | SD36819533 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD3695 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD39 | |
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 BPY38.jpg (taken 23.1.2009) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 5 6) |
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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. "Guide Post" |
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| evidence:- | ||
| source data:- | JandMN Collection; of topographical, geological, railway, road and other maps, and
guide books and general books relevant to the old counties of Westmorland, Cumberland,
Lancashire north of the sands, and Yorkshire, now the county of Cumbria, including
the Lake District. click to enlargePR0470.jpg "OVER THE HILLS 5" The book cover. item:- JandMN Collection Image © see bottom of page  click to enlargePR0471.jpg The frontispiece, Pigling Bland in the red jacket. When they set out, Aunt Pettitoes says:- ""... take the hand of your brother Pigling Bland, you must go to market. Mind ... Observe sign-posts and milestones; ..."" This could be the fingerpost at Near Sawrey. Beatrix Potter lived nearby.  click to enlargePR0472.jpg Later in the story Alexander has been left behind, and "Pigling Bland went on alone dejectedly; he came to a cross-roads and a sign-post - "To Market Town, 5 miles," "Over the Hills, 4 miles," "To Pettitoes Farm, 3 miles."" |
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| hearsay:- |
This new sign has replaced one that is said to have been listed - so where is it? |
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| Hands, Stuart: 2002: Road Signs: Shire Publications |
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| We have found no record of its listing. |
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