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Strange Place Names
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Old Corpse Road
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England
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Old Corpse Road, Cumbria, England
Where the Dead Walk and the Views Talk
Description: Footpath running from Haweswater Reservoir to Swindale Head over the Shap Rural fells. There were many corpse roads throughout the UK to allow bodies to be taken to a burial site before transport was available.
54.499539, -2.805170
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54°29'58.3"N 2°48'18.6"W
Roads-Lanes-Streets
Cumbria
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