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Three Foot Brander, Lakes
Three Foot Brander
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Skelwith (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
coordinates:-   NY370035
1Km square:-   NY3703
10Km square:-   NY30

evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
image WS21P072, button  goto source
Page 72:-  "..."
"The principal feeders of Windermere-water, are the rivers Rothay and Brathay.- They unite their streams at the western corner of the head of the lake, below Clappersgate, at a place called the Three-foot-brander, and after a short course boldly enter the lake."

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