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| White Ox, Blackwell | ||
| locality:- | Blackwell | |
| civil parish:- | St Cuthbert Without (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | inn | |
| coordinates:- | NY40255305 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4053 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY45 | |
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 BPU75.jpg Innsign - a white ox. (taken 14.11.2008)  BPU74.jpg (taken 14.11.2008) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 23 11) placename:- White Ox |
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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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| hearsay:- |
The pub was built about 1904 using slates from Newfoundalnd on the roof, rare. |
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| There was a pub on the site before, demolished April 1904. This was T'Theekt Cott.
At the old pub the Bleckell Murry Neets were held, described in a ballad by Anderson. |
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