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Greysouthen
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other name:-
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Graysoon
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parish
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Greysouthen parish, once in
Cumberland
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county:-
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Cumbria
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building/s
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coordinates:-
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NY0728
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10Km square:-
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NY02
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NY0728 |
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old map:- |
Ford 1839 map
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Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of
Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by
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Greysouthen
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placename:-
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Greysouthen
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county:-
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Westmoreland
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date:-
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1839
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period:-
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19th century, early; 1830s
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descriptive text:- |
Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
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Guidebook, Concise Description of the English Lakes,
later A Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley,
published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland, by J
Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirky Lonsdale,
Cumbria, 1823 onwards. |
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... Coal is raised at Greysouthen, Gilcrux, and Plumbland;
and there are extensive fields of coal beneath the town of
Whitehaven, at Workington, ...
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date:-
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1823
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period:-
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19th century, early; 1820s
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Otley 1818
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New Map of the District of the Lakes, in Westmorland,
Cumberland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch,
by Jonathan Otley, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh,
Lothian, Scotland, published by J Otley, Keswick, Cumberland
now Cumbria, 1818; pblished 1818 to 1850s. |
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placename:-
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Greysouthen
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hearsay |
When mining was busy, in the 19th century, the village inn
was busy. One group of local magistrates declared that
without Gresouthen they would have little to do.
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Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008
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