Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Sleddalls Oak | |
| site name:- | Crackenthorpe Hall | |
| locality:- | Crackenthorpe | |
| parish |
Crackenthorpe parish, once
in Westmorland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| tree; oak | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY662218 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY62
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| 1Km square | NY6621 | |
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The ghost of Peg Sleddall of Crackenthorpe Hall rises from a
watery grave in the River Eden and appears weeping under the
oak, Quercus sp; an omen of trouble for a member of the
Machel Family, which family did her ill.
Bradshaw, Amy: 1991 (after): Ancient Interesting and Unusual Trees of Cumbria: Cumbria Broadleaves (Bowness on Windermere, Cumbria):: ISBN 0 9524961 0 0 | ||
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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