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| Forge Cottage, Little Langdale | ||
| Forge Cottage | ||
| locality:- | Little Langdale | |
| civil parish:- | Lakes (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY32240307 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3203 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY30 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 25 12) placename:- Forge Cottage |
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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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| story:- |
It is said: that Betty Yewdale lived here. Following a funeral in Coniston her husband
went to toast the memory of the deceased at the Black Bull. He hadn't returned by
morning, so Betty fetched him from the inn with the help of a hazel switch, well administered. |
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