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HEST-BANK, a small watering place in Slyne-withHest township, Bolton-le-Sands parish, Lancashire; on Morecambe bay and the Lancaster and Kendal railway, adjacent to the Lancaster and Kendal canal, 3 miles N of Lancaster. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Lancaster; and it commands fine views over Morecambe bay, to the Furness mountains. The bay here is 11 miles wide; and, with the aid of a guide across its quicksands, is fordable at low water.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a small watering place" (ADL Feature Type: "recreational facilities") |
| Administrative units: | Bolton le Sands Parish Lancashire Ancient County |
| Place: | Hest Bank |
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