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| Swirls Gap, St John's Castlerigg etc | ||
| Swirls Gap | ||
| civil parish:- | St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | locality | |
| coordinates:- | NY318158 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3115 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY31 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series placename:- |
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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. "Swirls Gap" But no indication of what it is. There is no obvious 'gap'. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ambleside to Keswick) placename:- Swirl's Gate |
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| source data:- | Map, A Map of the Roads Lakes etc between Keswick and Ambleside,
scale about 2.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J
Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland and in London etc, 1787. CL9NY31H.jpg "Swirl's Gate" item:- private collection : 10.9 Image © see bottom of page |
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