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| White Ox, High Hesket | ||
| White Ox | ||
| locality:- | High Hesket | |
| civil parish:- | Hesket (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | inn | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4744 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY44 | |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) placename:- White Ox |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by
Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W
Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William
Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman,
Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd,
Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839. goto source goto sourcePage 175:- "[High Hesket] ... Has an excellent inn, the White Ox, conducted by Mrs. Pearson. ..." |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Harper 1907 placename:- White Ox |
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| source data:- | Guidebook, The Manchester and Glasgow Road, by Charles G Harper,
published by Chapman and Hall Ltd, London, 1907. HP01p136.txt Page 136:- "... another dilapidated old "White Ox" inn, once busy with traffic of a bygone day. The motor-cars disregard it, or merely halt for that last indignity to an inn, a pail of water wherewith to" HP01p137.txt Page 137:- "cool their engines. ..." |
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