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| Shoulthwaite Moss, St John's Castlerigg etc | ||
| Shoulthwaite Moss | ||
| civil parish:- | St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | moss | |
| coordinates:- | NY30672012 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3020 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY32 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 16) placename:- Shoulthwaite Moss |
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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. |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) placename:- Shoolthwaite Moss |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by
Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W
Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William
Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman,
Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd,
Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839. goto sourcePage 50:- "... the road leads through Shoolthwaite Moss, a peat-bog lying between Naddle Fell and the Iron and Gait Crags." |
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