A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
CROSS-FELL, a mountain-range on the E border of Cumberland; 12 miles ENE of Penrith. It rises to a height of 2, 927 feet above the level of the sea; figures conspi uously in a great extent of landscape; commands a panoramic view of about 50 miles in radius; consists chiefly of sandstone and limestone; is crossed by the Maiden way; was called, in the Romish times, the Fiends' Fell; and acquired its present name from the erection of a cross upon it to drive away the fiends.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a mountain-range" (ADL Feature Type: "mountain ranges") |
| Administrative units: | Cumberland AncC |
| Place: | Cross Fell |
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