Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Dick Turpin's Leap | |
| site name:- | Hell Gill Beck | |
| locality:- | Hell Gill | |
| parish |
Mallerstang parish, once in
Westmorland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| gorge | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD786968 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD79
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| hearsay | ||
| 1Km square | SD7896 | |
| story |
Dick Turpin on Black Bess is said to have made a wild leap
across Hell Gill on his way to the Yorkshire border, on the
other side of which a warrant for his arrest would be
invalid. Mind you, it might not have been Dick Turpin, but
perhaps a local rober, perhaps Will Nevison, aka Swift
Nicks.
A version of the romantic tale is given in Chums, 11 January 1893. | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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