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Beech Hill Wood, Longsleddale
Beech Hill Wood
civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   wood
locality type:-   SSSI
coordinates:-   NY49930250 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY4902
10Km square:-   NY40

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 15) 
placename:-  Beech Hill Wood
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.
Parcel 299 26.956 acres? 
There are bench marks on a line through Beech Hill Wood and across the fell. 

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
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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trees; woodland 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   map:- OS Six Inch (1956) 
placename:-  Beech Hill Wood
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the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s, then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on demand from digital data.
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"Beech Hill Wood"

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