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Beech Hill, Longsleddale
Beech Hill
locality:-   Longsleddale
civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY50060278
1Km square:-   NY5002
10Km square:-   NY50


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BTO63.jpg (taken 24.9.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 11) 
placename:-  Beech Hill
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:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 11,12) 
placename:-  Beech Hill
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.
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"Beech Hill"

evidence:-   census returns:- 
placename:-  Beechill
placename:-  Beach Hill
placename:-  Beech Hill

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Bitch Hill
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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"Bitch Hill"
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:- Hodgson 1828
placename:-  Bitch Hill
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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map courtesy of Mark Cropper
"Bitch Hill"
item:-  private collection : 371
Image © see bottom of page

 Kendal Corn Rent Act 1836

evidence:-   old map:- OS 1881-82 New Series (outline edition) 
placename:-  Beech Hill
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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"Beech Hill"
item:-  JandMN : 61
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evidence:-   textbook:- EPNS Westmorland 1967
placename:-  Bitchell
placename:-  Bitch Hill
source data:-   Book, The Place Names of Westmorland, two volumes, by A H Smith, published for the English Place Name Society by Cambridge University Press, Cambridgeshire, 1967

 census records

 directory entries

 old parish register (formerly )

evidence:-   map:- OS Six Inch (1956) 
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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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Wilson 1913
placename:-  Beech Hill
source data:-   Book, New Shepherd's Guide for Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, by Thomas Wilson, 1913.
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"William Stott, Beech Hill; punch holed near ear, black pop on far hock, W S on horn."
item:-  private collection : 329
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Gate 1879
placename:-  Beach Hill
source data:-   Book, New Shepherd's Guide for Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, published by Daniel Gate, Keswick, Cumberland, 1879.
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"WILLIAM MILES, Beach Hill; cropped near, stroke down near shoulder, black pop on far hock, WM on horn."
item:-  Kendal Library : 38
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Hodgson 1849
placename:-  Beach Hill
source data:-   Book, Shepherd's Guide, or a Delineation of the Wool and Ear Marks of the Different Stocks of Sheep, Lancashire, Cumberland, and Westmorland, by William Hodgson, Normoss, Corney, Cumberland, 1849.
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"JAMES HORSFALL, Beach-hill."
"Cropped near ear, a red stroke down the near shoulder, and a black pop on the far hock."
item:-  Kendal Library : 39
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Lamb 1937
placename:-  Beech Hill
source data:-   Book, Lamb's Shepherds' Guide for Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, by R H Lamb, published by the Herald Printing Co, Penrith, Cumberland, 1937.
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"John Dixon, Beech-hill. Punch holed near ear, black pop on far hook, J D burn on horn."
item:-  Kendal Library : 40
Image © see bottom of page


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BTO64.jpg (taken 24.9.2010)  
photograph
CFB88.jpg  Large barn.
(taken 7.6.2016)  
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BXM85.jpg (taken 14.10.2012)  

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