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| Ashgill Force, Alston Moor | ||
| Ashgill Force | ||
| site name:- | Ash Gill | |
| locality:- | Ashgill | |
| civil parish:- | Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | waterfall | |
| coordinates:- | NY75864048 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7540 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY74 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 42 10) placename:- Ashgill Force |
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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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| evidence:- | old map:- Ford 1839 map |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of
Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles
to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R
Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843. FD02NY73.jpg "Waterfall" 2 lines across stream. item:- JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Wallace 1861 placename:- Ashgill Force |
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| source data:- | Print, lithograph, Ashgill Force, drawn by William Wallace, published by Edward Stanford,
6 Charing Cross, London, 1861. click to enlargeWC0106.jpg Plate 6, tipped in opposite p.41 of The Laws which Regulate the Deposit of Lead Ore in Veins. printed at bottom left, centre:- "Drawn by W. Wallace. / ASHGILL FORCE." item:- private collection : 159.3 Image © see bottom of page |
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