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King's Arms, Hilton
gone
King's Arms
locality:-   Hilton
civil parish:-   Murton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   inn (gone) 
coordinates:-   NY733206
1Km square:-   NY7320
10Km square:-   NY72


photograph
BVA42.jpg  Trough,
(taken 24.7.2011)  
The inn is gone, and a new building stands on the site. In the front wall there is a trough for collecting urine from customers, which was used for leather tanning and cleaning woollen cloth.


photograph
BVA43.jpg  Bee boles.
(taken 24.7.2011)  
In the field wall are 'shells' ie bee boles, which have been filled in.

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