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Galeforth Gill
runs into:-    Sprint, River

civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
1Km square:-   NY4806 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY40


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BIO36.jpg (taken 7.3.2004)  
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BIO30.jpg (taken 7.3.2004)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 3) 
placename:-  Galeforth Gill
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.
Labelled along the stream on the fell top. 

evidence:-   textbook:- EPNS Westmorland 1967
placename:-  Gelfourceheade
source data:-   Book, The Place Names of Westmorland, two volumes, by A H Smith, published for the English Place Name Society by Cambridge University Press, Cambridgeshire, 1967

evidence:-   map:- OS Six Inch (1956) 
placename:-  Galeforth Gill
source data:-   Map series, various editions with the national grid, scale about 6 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s, then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on demand from digital data.
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SINY4806.jpg
"Galeforth Gill"


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BIO31.jpg (taken 7.3.2004)  
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BIO32.jpg (taken 7.3.2004)  
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BIO33.jpg (taken 7.3.2004)  
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BIO34.jpg (taken 7.3.2004)  
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BIO28.jpg (taken 7.3.2004)  
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BIP01.jpg (taken 7.3.2004)  
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BIP02.jpg (taken 7.3.2004)  
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BIP04.jpg (taken 7.3.2004)  
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CEK98.jpg  Six inches of rain so far, and still pouring.
(taken 5.12.2015)  

mapping:-  

places:-  
NY48710662 Galeforth Spout (Longsleddale)
NY48230655 bridge, Galeforth Gill (Longsleddale)
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