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placename:- Bongate Weir
site name:- Eden, River
locality:- Bongate
locality:- Appleby-in-Westmorland
parish Appleby-in-Westmorland parish, once in Westmorland
county:- Cumbria
weir
coordinates:- NY688197
10Km square:- NY61

1Km square NY6819

Said to have been begun by the Romans, to create a deep place so that boats could cross. Later it was the mill dam for Bongate Mill.
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Bongate Weir -- Eden, River -- Bongate -- Appleby-in-Westmorland -- Appleby-in-Westmorland -- Cumbria / -- 10.11.2007
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Bongate Weir -- Eden, River -- Bongate -- Appleby-in-Westmorland -- Appleby-in-Westmorland -- Cumbria / -- 10.11.2007

Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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