Halsall Cutting
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Halsall Cutting
Image: © Rude Health Taken: 11 Aug 2015
Halsall Cutting is where the building of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal began on the 5th of November 1770 when the Honourable Charles Mordaunt of Halshall Hall accompanied by surveyor Samuel Holmes cut the first spadeful of earth.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.574151
Longitude
-2.953935