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| landing stage, Low Wood Hotel | ||
| locality:- | Low Wood Hotel | |
| locality:- | Low Wood | |
| civil parish:- | Lakes (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | landing stage | |
| locality type:- | moorings | |
| coordinates:- | NY38510206 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3802 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY30 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Green 1810 |
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| source data:- | Set of prints, soft ground etchings, Sixty Studies from Nature,
by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, drawn 1808-10,
published 1810. goto sourcepage 13:- "..." "Low Wood is a charming place for" goto sourcepage 14:- "those who delight in boating, for the pier is not fifty yards from the house. ... that part of the lake about the Great Island may be more frequently, and perhaps commodiously, navigated from the Ferry House, and from Bowness, than from Low Wood and Ambleside, yet during the season, parties are daily sailing from the latter places to go round the Great Island, and to see the lake from the Station House. ..." |
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| MN photo:- |
... and moorings. |
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 CAO17.jpg (taken 2.5.2014)  CAO18.jpg (taken 2.5.2014)  CAO19.jpg (taken 2.5.2014) |
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