Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| place:- | Greensett tarns, North Yorkshire | |
| site name:- | Greensett Moss | |
| locality:- | Whernside | |
| county:- | North Yorkshire | |
| lake | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD743821 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD78
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| 1Km square | SD7482 | |
| descriptive text:- |
Balderston c1890
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| Book, Ingleton, Bygone and Present, by Robert R and Margaret Balderston, published by Simpkin, Marshall and Co, London, and by Edmndson and Co, 24 High Street, Skipton, Yorkshire, about 1890. | ||
| page 77:- | ||
| ... | ||
| page 78:- | ||
| On the flat moorland just beyond [Greensett Moss] are two almost confluent tarns, jointly about three hundred yards long, and very shallow with smooth bottom of peat. ... | ||
| site name:- | Whernside | |
| date:- | 1890 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1880s | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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