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Ackenthwaite, Milnthorpe
Ackenthwaite
locality:-   Milnthorpe
civil parish:-   Milnthorpe (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD50558176 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD5081
10Km square:-   SD58

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 42 16) 
placename:-  Ackenthwaite
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.

evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Akeinthwaite
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Akeinthwaite"
in  "Millthorp"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Ackenthwaite Green
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
image
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"Ackenthwaite Green"
blocks, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, village? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Ackenthwaite Green
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
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"Ackenthwaite Green"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

places:-  
SD50698178 Ackenthwaite Farm (Milnthorpe)
SD50928188 Ackenthwaite Green (Milnthorpe)
SD50528155 boundary stone, Beetham/Heversham (Milnthorpe / Beetham) L
SD50798231 High Cragg Yeat (Milnthorpe)
SD50668216 Low Crag Yeat (Milnthorpe)
SD50638181 post box, Ackenthwaite (Milnthorpe)
SD50498181 Workhouse (Milnthorpe)
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