Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| hospital, Ireby | ||
| once? | ||
| locality:- | Uldale (?) | |
| civil parish:- | Ireby (formerly Cumberland) (?) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | hospital | |
| locality type:- | religious house | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2437 (guess) | |
| 10Km square:- | NY23 | |
| references:- | Camden 1789 |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) item:- thief; storm; snow |
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| source data:- | Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England,
Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition
by Richard Gough, published London, 1789. goto sourcePage 185:- "..." "Near the head of the river Elne Randulp de Engaine chief forester of Englewood permitted the prior of Carlisle to build an hospital for relief of distressed travellers who might happen to be troubled by thieves or prejudiced by snow and storms in winter. After the hospital was built a church was erected." |
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