Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Gallows Stone | |
| locality:- | Gallow Bank | |
| parish |
Millom parish, once in
Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| stone; gallows | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD17808110 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD18
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| References |
OS County Series
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| 1Km square | SD1781 | |
 Gallows Stone -- Gallow Bank -- Millom -- Cumbria / -- 6.11.2007 | ||
| old map:- |
OS County Series (Cmd 88)
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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. | ||
| Stone / Inscribed 'On this spot stood a Gallows the ancient Lords of Millom having exercised Jura Regalia within their Seigniory' | ||
| placename:- | Gallows Stone | |
| person:- | Millom, Lord of | |
| date:- | 1867=1868 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1860s | |
| hearsay |
Travellers crossing Duddon Sands came ashore, east, at
Gallow Bank, Millom. Here once stood a gallows.
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| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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