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place:-
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Nunnery Falls
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parish:-
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Kirkoswald parish, once in
Cumberland
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county:-
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Cumbria
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waterfall
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coordinates:-
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NY537424
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10Km square:-
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NY54
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descriptive text:- |
West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
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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.
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Page 78, footnote:-
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There is a cascade at Nunnery, near Kirkoswald, in
Cumberland, much in the same style as this [waterfall at
Rydal]. The accompaniments are as beautiful, the bason
larger, and the perpendicular fall 18 feet. But it is only
one of a series of romantic scenes which abound at Nunnery,
and are equal if not superior in their kind to any we have
found in our tour: nor can we forbear to recommend this
interesting spot to the notice of every traveller of taste:
it is situated about ten miles from Penrith, on the right of
the road to Carlisle.
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locality:-
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Nunnery
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date:-
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1778
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period:-
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18th century, late; 1770s
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Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008
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email:- JandMN@norgate.freeserve.co.uk