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The A66 trans-Pennine route was closed after a number of lorries jack-knifed near Stainmore in Cumbria, and there were several collisions on the M6.
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This mountain is situate near the end of a ridge of mountains, leading from Stainmore or Stonemore, about sixteen miles in length.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 277, October 13, 1827 Various
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Yorkshire lay behind, Westmorland in front; Hunderthwaite Moor and Teesdale to the north of them, Stainmore Forest and Arkengarthdale to the south.
Mrs. Miniver 1939
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But the next story bears a closer resemblance to the Stainmore narrative.
The Hand of Glory 1921
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The same event is said to have occurred at Stainmore in England; and Torquermada relates of Mexican thieves that they carry with them the left hand of a woman who has died in her first childbed, before which talisman all bolts yield and all opposition is benumbed.
Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology 1872
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Cumbria Police said investigations into the cause of the crash, which happened at about 1.40pm on Thursday on the eastbound carriageway of the A66 at Stainmore, are ongoing.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Police closed the trans-Pennine A66 because of jack-knifed lorries near Stainmore in Cumbria.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Donna Bowater 2012
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Cumbria Police said investigations into the cause of the crash, which happened at about 1.40pm on Thursday on the eastbound carriageway of the A66 at Stainmore, are ongoing.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Cumbria Police said freezing conditions were already plaguing the county's roads causing a lorry travelling along the eastbound carriageway of A66 in Stainmore to jacknife and block the road.
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The ascent of Stainmore seemed duller and longer than usual, and Bowes, which used to strike me as a distinguished feature, seemed an ill-formed mass of rubbish, a great deal lower than I had supposed; yet I have seen it twenty times at least.
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford Walter Scott 1801
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