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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Fern Islands (or Staples), group of 17 islets and rocks (forming a township), off coast of Northumberland, separated from the mainland by a channel 1¾ mile wide, 80 ac., pop. 49; near the SW. point of Fern Island is a lighthouse, with revolving light (Farn) 87 feet above high water and seen 15 miles; near the NW. point is a lighthouse with fixed light (Farn) 45 feet above high water and seen 12 miles. The Fern Islands were the scene of the wreck of the Forfarshire and of the heroism of Grace Darling (1838).
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "group of 17 islets and rocks (forming a township)" (ADL Feature Type: "archipelagos") |
| Administrative units: | Northumberland AncC |
| Place names: | FERN ISLANDS | FERN ISLANDS OR STAPLES | STAPLES |
| Place: | Farne Islands |
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