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Bannisdale Head, Fawcett Forest
Bannisdale Head
locality:-   Bannisdale
civil parish:-   Fawcett Forest (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY51510428
1Km square:-   NY5104
10Km square:-   NY50

photograph
BXS74.jpg (taken 29.11.2012)  
photograph
BXS75.jpg (taken 29.11.2012)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 12) 
placename:-  Bannisdale Head
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:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Banisdale Head
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.
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J5NY50SW.jpg
"Banisdale Head"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Bannisdale Head
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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CY24NY50.jpg
"Bannisdale Head"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Bannisdale Head
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BANNISDALE HEAD / / / FAWCETT FOREST / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75628 / NY5149404240"
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BARN TO NORTH END OF BANNISDALE HEAD / / / FAWCETT FOREST / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75629 / NY5150304268"
hearsay:-  
 Mid to late 17th century, with 19th century wing to the south. There should be a fireplace with a wood heck.
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