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White Cross Bay, Lakes
White Cross Bay
site name:-   Windermere lake
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bay
coordinates:-   NY39100035
1Km square:-   NY3900
10Km square:-   NY30

evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere N) 
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Northern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Samuel John Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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item:-  private collection : 10.10
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hearsay:-  
Short Sunderland flying boats were built here during World War II.

hearsay:-  
Referred to as Shark Bay by Arthur Ransome.

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