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Vale of Nightshade, Barrow-in-Furness
Vale of Nightshade
civil parish:-   Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   valley
coordinates:-   SD21897227 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD2172
10Km square:-   SD27
evidence:-   old text:- Capper 1808
placename:-  Beacon's Gill
item:-  beacon
source data:-   Gazetteer, A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom, compiled by Benjamin Pitts Capper, published by Richard Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808; published 1808-29.
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"[Dalton-in-Furness] ... About one mile south of the town lie the magnificent ruins of Furness abbey, standing in a vale called Beacon's Gill, from the remains of a beacon close by. ..."
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Vale of Beckansgill
placename:-  Glen of Deadly Night Shade
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.
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Page 6:-  "[Furness Abbey] ..."
"... founded by Stephen, Earl of Bologne and Morton, (afterwards king of England,) in the vale of Beckansgill, or the Glen of Deadly Night shade. ..."
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