SD6376 : A65, Cowan Bridge
taken 22 days ago, near to Cowan Bridge, Lancashire, England
A65, Cowan Bridge
Cowan Bridge is a village south-east of the town of Kirkby Lonsdale, where the main A65 road crosses the Leck Beck. The village is village most notable for its association with the Brontė Sisters Maria, Elizabeth, Charlotte and Emily having attended the Clergy Daughters' School Link
there in 1824. Charlotte Brontė described the abuses they suffered at the school, the typhus epidemic in which seven pupils died, the scandal which followed, and subsequent reform of the school in her novel Jane Eyre Link .
there in 1824. Charlotte Brontė described the abuses they suffered at the school, the typhus epidemic in which seven pupils died, the scandal which followed, and subsequent reform of the school in her novel Jane Eyre Link .![Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/somerights20.gif){kind=small}
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- Grid Square
- SD6376, 80 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- David Dixon (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Wednesday, 13 November, 2024 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Monday, 18 November, 2024
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SD 636 763 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:10.9141N 2:33.4982W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SD 636 763
- View Direction
- North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
