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placename:-
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Geordie's Crag
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locality:-
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Ullswater
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parish
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Martindale parish, once in
Westmorland
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county:-
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Cumbria
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rocks; headland
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coordinates:-
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NY43622046
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10Km square:-
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NY42
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1Km square |
NY4320 |
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old map:- |
OS County Series (Wmd 13 1)
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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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placename:-
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Geordies Crag
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headland
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date:-
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1890=1899
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period:-
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19th century, late; 1890s
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old text:- |
Clarke 1787
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Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland,
Westmorland, and Lancashire, by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787 and 1789; and Plans of
the Lakes ... 1793. |
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Page 26:-
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Next sail past Skelly-Neb, towards the mountain Hallin, and
at or near Geordy Crag fire your guns, taking notice to
point them towards Gowbarrow-Hall, or a little above it. The
echo here much surpasses that at Water-Millock, both in the
loudness and frequency of its returns: the most astonishing
circumstance is this, every peal seems to pass over the tops
of the mountains in a whistling tone, as if embodied sound
was flying from place to place in the air. After very
numerous repetitions, various both in
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Page 27:-
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length and loudness, all is still and silent for a few
moments; when the sound returns with astonishing and
redoubled violence down the valley in which How-Town is
situated; so great now is the uproar, that all other
repetitions seem mere whispers, and must be heard in order
to convey any adequate idea to the reader.
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placename:-
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Geordy Neb
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date:-
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1787
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period:-
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18th century, late; 1780s
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Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013
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