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Sheet 52 Plan 7 Parish of Elsdon

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Leechhope Crag Leechhope Crag Mr Charlton About 47 chains E A very remarkable precipice on Darden Moor
Leechhope Crag Mr Crammond of North Riding consisting of immense crags. fragments of disjointed
Leechhope Crag Mr Smith rocks and loose stone the name is supposed to be derived
from a kind of Horse Leech found in some of the adjacent
streams and Marshes and sometimes used for
medical purposes
Snipe Sike Snipe Sike Mr Charlton About 15 chains E A small stream issueing from the west side
Snipe Sike Mr Hindmarsh of North Riding and near the base of Leechhope Crag and forming
Snipe Sike Mr Smith a tributary to Park Burn
Carrowhaugh Well Carraowhaugh Well Mr Charlton About 20 chains N E An excellent spring of good water situated
Carraowhaugh Well Mr Smith of North Riding in a low swampy piece of ground near
Carraowhaugh Well Mr Hindmarsh to Park Burn
Edw. Gillespie
Sapper Royal Engineers

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