Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Roa Island
	parish	Barrow-in-Furness borough, once in Lancashire
	county:-	Cumbria
		island
	coordinates:-	SD232649
	10Km square:-	SD26
	1Km square	SD2364
		Roa Island -- Barrow-in-Furness -- Cumbria / -- From the causeway. -- 16.8.2008
		Roa Island -- Barrow-in-Furness -- Cumbria / -- From Walney Island. -- 1.7.2011
	old map:-	Garnett 1850s-60s H
		Map of the English Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
		island
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s
	old text:-	Mackenzie 1776
		Page 18:-
		... ...
		To sail into Piel-of-Foudray from the S.; first ... or come to an anchor farther up, on the W. or N.W. side of Ro Island, about half a cable's-length from the high-water mark, and ride, or moor, with no more than half a cable out.
		To sail into Piel-of-Foudray from the N.; ... anchor in the bight, or near Ro Island, as directed in the preceding paragraph.
	placename:-	Ro Island
	date:-	1776
	period:-	18th century, late; 1770s
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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