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Ulverston (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 54 12 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 54.2000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 003 06 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -3.1000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Town with many Quaker associations; the tower on Hoad Hill, a copy of the Eddystone Lighthouse, is a memorial to Sir John Barrow (1764-1848), the founder of the Royal Geographical Society; there is also a Tudor church here; historically located in Lancashire. |
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| Ulverston (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Ulverstone (NA,V,English,U)
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| Ulvrestun (H,V,Anglo-Saxon-P,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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Ulverston (inhabited place) (P) |
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