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The Church of Grasmere

Note 137 — THE UPKEEP OF THE CHURCH

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The churchyard wall at Milburn, Westmorland, is still divided for purposes of repair amongst certain inhabitants and property-owners, who speak of their share as dolts (Old Norse deild, a share, from deila, to divide). Transactions, Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian Society, vol. 9, p. 297.

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