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Adam Seat, Longsleddale
Adam Seat
civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Shap Rural (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY47110907
1Km square:-   NY4709
10Km square:-   NY40
altitude:-   2180 feet (roughly) 
altitude:-   664m (roughly) 

photograph
BPV06.jpg  From above Wrengill Quarry.
(taken 17.11.2008)  
photograph
BJD26.jpg  Jean on Adam Seat, on a boundary stone search.
(taken 7.9.2004)  
evidence:-   old map:- Hodgson 1828
placename:-  Adam Seat
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 4 sheets mounted together on linen and rolled, Plan of the County of Westmorland, scale about 1.25 inches to 1 mile, by Thomas Hodgson, engraved by W R Gardner, Harpur Street, London, published by Thomas Hodgson, Lancaster, and perhaps by C Smith, 172 Strand, London,1828.
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HDG6lsl5.jpg
map courtesy of Mark Cropper
"Adam Seat"
item:-  private collection : 371
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- OS 1881-82 New Series (outline edition) 
placename:-  Adam Seat
source data:-   Map, engraving, area north of Kendal, Westmorland, New Series one inch map, outline edition, sheet 39, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1881-82.
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O21NY40U.jpg
, "Adam Seat / 2180"
item:-  JandMN : 61
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   map:- OS Six Inch (1956) 
placename:-  Adam Seat
source data:-   Map series, various editions with the national grid, scale about 6 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s, then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on demand from digital data.
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SINY4709.jpg
"Adam Seat"
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