Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Coniston Waterfall | |
| site name:- | Church Beck | |
| parish |
Coniston parish, once in
Lancashire
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| waterfall | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD29449810 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD29
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| 1Km square | SD2998 | |
 Coniston Waterfall -- Church Beck -- Coniston -- Cumbria / -- 3.9.2007 | ||
 Coniston Waterfall -- Church Beck -- Coniston -- Cumbria / -- 8.9.2010 | ||
| descriptive text:- |
West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
-- probably relevant
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| Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821. | ||
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goto source. | |
| Page 51:- | ||
| ... [from station, Coniston 3] Looking across the lake, by the south end of the grove that conceals Coniston-hall, and over the cultivated tract that rises behind it, between two swells of rocks, a cataract will meet the eye, issuing from the bosom of the mountains. ... | ||
| date:- | 1778 | |
| period:- | 18th century, late; 1770s | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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