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| Buckbarrow Well, Longsleddale | ||
| Buckbarrow Well | ||
| civil parish:- | Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | spring | |
| coordinates:- | NY47800764 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4707 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY40 | |
| altitude:- | 967 feet | |
| altitude:- | 295m | |
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 BIZ14.jpg (taken 25.7.2004)  BIZ15.jpg (taken 25.7.2004) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 2) placename:- Buckbarrow Well |
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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:- | descriptive text:- Wilson 1912 item:- flower; violet, sweet; sweet violet; wild geranium; geranium, wild; globe flower; butterfly orchid; orchid, butterfly; fern, royal; royal fern; fern, parsley; parsley fern; staghorn moss; moss, staghorn |
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| source data:- | Guide book, Longsleddale, by F M Wilson, published by T Wilson,
Kendal, Westmorland, 1912. WILSON1.txt "There is a famous well not far from Buckbarrow, the neighbourhood of which is a happy hunting ground for botanists in search of rare plants. Sweet violets, wild geraniums, globe flowers, occasionally a butterfly orchid, royal ferns, parsley ferns, staghorn moss, all flourish here." |
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| evidence:- | map:- OS Six Inch (1956) placename:- Buckbarrow Well |
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| source data:- | Map series, various editions with the national grid, scale about
6 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey,
Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s,
then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on
demand from digital data. SINY4707.jpg "Buckbarrow Well" |
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| evidence:- | old newspaper:- Z8900705.txt placename:- Buckbarrow Well item:- eyes, medicine |
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| source data:- | Z8900705.txt Westmorland Gazette Transcription from the Westmorland Gazette 5 July 1890 page 6:- "... Buckbarrow well, with its clear water, as good for sore eyes as any other well, ..." |
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 BRB96.jpg (taken 19.7.2009) |
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The well is 'pretty' a welling up of a small stream into a pool under a rock. The
site is reputed to be rich in alpine flowers. |
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