Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Welcome Nook | |
| locality:- | Corney | |
| parish |
Waberthwaite parish, once
in Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| building/s | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD11939308 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD19
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| 1Km square | SD1193 | |
| hearsay |
Edward Troughton was born at Welcome Nook, Corney, 1753. He
became a well known scientific instrument maker, sextants,
telescopes, barometers, etc. He invented a new way of
graduating arcs of circles. Some of his instruments are in
the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, where there is a sculpture
of him by Sir Francis Chenty. He died 1835, age 82.
There is/was a sundial by him in the garden. | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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