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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Three Shire Stone like this:
SHIRE STONES, three stones and a stone-pillar at the meeting-point of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire; at the head of the mountain-pass from Duddon vale to Little Langdale, 5 miles NW by W of Hawkshead.
Three Shire Stone is now part of WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Three Shire Stone itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Three Shire Stone, in Westmorland and Furness and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25748
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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