Joss Naylor
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Joseph Naylor was an English fell runner who set many long-distance records, and a sheep farmer, living in the Lake District. He became known as the "King of the Fells" or simply the "Iron Man".
Joss Naylor at Greendale Bridge waiting for finishers of his challenge in June 2021
Joss Naylor providing water to fell runners - Ennerdale Horseshoe Fell Race June 2010
Gosforth, Cumbria
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Gosforth is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Lake District, in Cumberland, England. It is situated on the A595 road between Whitehaven and Barrow-in-Furness. It had a population of 1,
Joss Naylor
…known as the "King of the Fells" or simply the "Iron Man". Joseph Naylor was born in 1936 in Middle Row Farm, Wasdale Head, and attended school in Gosforth, Cumbria, leaving at 15 to work on the family farm. Injuries in his youth led to operations aged 19 to remove cartilage from his right knee and aged 22 to remove…
Gosforth Parish Church
The Lion and the Lamb pub at the junction.
The Gosforth Cross beside St Mary's Church, Gosforth. It is over fourteen feet high.
The two hogsback tomb markers now in the parish church, thought to be stylised "houses of the dead" with tiled roofs.