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| Aira, Matterdale | ||
| Aira | ||
| civil parish:- | Matterdale (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | locality | |
| coordinates:- | NY404205 (roughly) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4020 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY42 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Clarke 1787 placename:- Airey |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland,
and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93. goto sourcePage 28:- "..." "Tradition tells us, that the adjoining lands, which go by the name of Airey, were formerly the property of a chieftan who fell in battle: upon this, his servants, five in number, divided their late master's estates amongst themselves, each taking such a parcel of ground as should include an equal value, and partake of every variety of soil." |
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