Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | White Gill | |
| other name:- | White Lady | |
| parish |
Coniston parish, once in
Lancashire
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| river | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD30809865 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD39
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| 1Km square | SD3098 | |
 White Gill -- Coniston -- Cumbria / -- 13.4.2006 | ||
 White Gill -- Coniston -- Cumbria / -- Running after heavy rains. -- 30.3.2010 | ||
| source:- |
Martineau 1855
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| Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-71. | ||
| Page 149:- | ||
| ... There are other mountain paths out of Langdale. There is one into Easedale ... commonly used in good weather. It was by this track that the unfortunate couple,- the | ||
| Page 150:- | ||
| Greens, whose story is so well known,- were lost in the snow, on their return from a sale in Langdale, to their home and six children in Easedale. ... | ||
| person:- | : Green, George and Sarah | |
| date:- | 1855 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1850s | |
| hearsay |
George and Sarah Green of Blindtarn Gill Farm were caught in
a snow storm walking home from a sale in Langdalehead, and
died in White Gill, 19 March 1808.
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| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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