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| boundary stone, Burton-in-Kendal (3) | ||
| locality:- | Heronsyke | |
| civil parish:- | Burton-in-Kendal (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | boundary stone | |
| locality type:- | county boundary mark | |
| coordinates:- | SD52857577 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5275 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD57 | |
| county:- | Lancashire | |
| old boundary | ||
| locality:- | Westmorland boundary | |
| locality:- | Lancashire boundary | |
| references:- | OS County Series |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series placename:- County Stone |
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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. "County Stone (Heron Syke marked on it)" |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Harper 1907 item:- placename, Heronsyke |
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| source data:- | Guidebook, The Manchester and Glasgow Road, by Charles G Harper,
published by Chapman and Hall Ltd, London, 1907. HP01p097.txt Page 97:- "..." "The old boundary of Westmoreland and Lancashire, somewhat varied in recent times, is seen marked on a brass plate on the way to Burton-in-Kendal, opposite a group of old cottages standing in a hollow beside the modern raised road. The place is called Heron Syke, and the deep hollow and surviving fragment of old road illustrate the ancient name, indicating a marshy place with a brook, once frequented by herons." |
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| hearsay:- |
Believed to have been unearthed recently: 2012. |
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