Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Snowball Fold | |
| locality:- | Dalton-in-Furness | |
| parish |
Dalton Town with Newton
parish, once in Lancashire
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| pinfold; sheepfold | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD22627380 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD27
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| 1Km square | SD2273 | |
 Snowball Fold -- Dalton-in-Furness -- Dalton Town with Newton -- Cumbria / -- 30.8.2006 | ||
 Snowball Fold -- Dalton-in-Furness -- Dalton Town with Newton -- Cumbria / -- 30.8.2006 | ||
| old map:- |
OS County Series (Lan 16
13)
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| County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. | ||
| Pound | ||
| date:- | 1890=1899 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1890s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| PINFOLD / / GOOSE GREEN / DALTON TOWN WITH NEWTON / BARROW IN FURNESS / CUMBRIA / II / 388472 / SD2262873794 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Pinfold. Late C18-early C19. Limestone rubble. Circular enclosure wall approx 10m in diameter and 1-2m in height. Opening in west side with limestone gatepost and C20 iron gate. Triangular copings. Shown on Merryweather's town plan of Dalton surveyed 1825. (Barnes F: Barrow and District: Barrow in Furness: 1968-: 72). | ||
| district:- | Barrow in Furness | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD22627379 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
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Built in the 18th century; put under the charge of a
'pinder' employed by the town.
Renewed by Andy Goldsworthy as part of the Sheepfolds project, 1996-2002. Site of a snowball event, 1999; by the Chequers inn. : 2002 (?): Andy Goldsworthy Sheepfolds: Cumbria CC (?):: leaflet from TIC www.sheepfolds.org | ||
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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