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Blitterlees, Silloth-on-Solway
Blitterlees
locality:-   Silloth
civil parish:-   Silloth-on-Solway (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY10925211 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY1052
10Km square:-   NY15

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 20 15) 
placename:-  Blitterlees
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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Blitter Lees
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
image
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"Blitter Lees"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

reference:-  
Blitterlees

Adams, Douglas & Lloyd, John: 1990: Deeper Meaning of Life, The: Pan Books &Faber and Faber

places:-  
NY10405251 Blitterlees Bank (Silloth-on-Solway)
NY10975261 Solway Holiday Village (Silloth-on-Solway)
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