The Near Boot, Whiteclosegate
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The Near Boot, Whiteclosegate
Image: © Roger Templeman Taken: 16 Sep 2019
18th century Coaching Inn whose unusual name derives from the near-side boot when riding out of Carlisle. The Ordnance Survey cut a benchmark Image in January 1844 (1GL Survey) levelled at 98.166 feet above Liverpool Datum on a door jamb half way along the road face of the inn. A more recent mark Image was levelled at 30.02m above Newlyn Datum in 1972 at the NE end of the road face, by the black downpipe
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Image Location
Latitude
54.913223
Longitude
-2.919363