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.
CONISTON, a small town in Church-Coniston chapelry, Ulverstone parish, Lancashire; on the west side of Coniston water, at the terminus of the Coniston railway, 3 miles SW by W of Hawkshead. It is a picturesque place, amid some of the grandest scenery of the Lake country; has a post office under Windermere, ‡ two inns, a reading room , a public library, a church, and a Baptist chapel; and forms one of the centres of the Lake tourists. Oldfield, who piloted Nelson's fleet into action at the battle of the Baltic, resided here; and De Quincey made his notable unsuccessful pilgrimage hither to visit Wordsworth. Considerable trade is done in exporting copper ore, slates, flags, birch brooms, and small timber. Copper mines exist about ½ a mile up the adjacent mountain; are supposed to have been worked by the ancient Britons and the Romans; have a chief shaft about 640 feet deep; and yield about 250 tons of copper ore per month. See Coniston (Church).
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a small town" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Coniston |
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