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boundary stone, Seathwaite
locality:-   Seathwaite
civil parish:-   Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   boundary stone
coordinates:-   NY23231255
1Km square:-   NY2312
10Km square:-   NY21
SummaryText:-   Marking the boundary of the wad mine.


photograph
BNG43.jpg  Inscribed stone:-
"Iohn Ba[ ] / Esquier 17[ ]" (taken 26.2.2007)  
photograph
BNG44.jpg  Inscribed stone:-
"Iohn Ba[ ] / Esquier 17[ ]" (taken 26.2.2007)  

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Ian Tyler describes this as a boundary stone for the wad mine; inscribed:-
"John Bankes Esquier 1752"
A Wainwright describes this as a memorial stone to James Bankes.

Tyler, Ian: 2001: Cumbrian Mining: Blue Rock Publications:: ISBN 0 9523028 6 1
Wainwright, A: 1966: Western Fells::: Grey Knotts 5

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