Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| post box, Low Wood | ||
| site name:- | Low Wood Hotel | |
| locality:- | Low Wood | |
| civil parish:- | Lakes (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | post box (wall) | |
| coordinates:- | NY38550208 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3802 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY30 | |
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 CAO14.jpg (taken 2.5.2014) |
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 BZE70.jpg (taken 1.2000) courtesy of Dori and Geoff |
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| notes:- |
On the A591. The box site, on the main road and at the foot of a public footpath,
would have ensured use by passing travellers as well as by residents. People who have
stayed at the hotel include Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1885 and E.M. Forster in 1907. |
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| The box would have been installed after 1871. It is not possible to give an exact
identification for this box, since no maker's name is visible. It may be the WB83/2,
which would bear the incuse name "Bernd. P. Walker, Eagle Foundry, Birmingham" - other
boxes of this type have a raised maker's name which would not be so easily obliterated.
A new collection plate holder has been added (comment courtesy of Dori and Geoff) |
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