Lant Bowl, Sabden Fold, Goldshaw Booth

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iBase ID

298643

Reference identifier

ENE-N15-D42-2-1

Title

Lant Bowl, Sabden Fold, Goldshaw Booth

Place

Sabden Fold

General notes

A lant bowl was used by clothiers to remove grease from and bleach raw wool. The family would fill the aperture with stale urine, the contents would overflow into a stone trough.

Ralph Cross was a tax inspector who documented and photographed old buildings, barns and beeholes throughout the north west of England.

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Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Year of image

c. 1960

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Subjects

Place Names > Goldshaw Booth

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