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Carnforth, Lancashire
Carnforth
county:-   Lancashire
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD499705
1Km square:-   SD4970
10Km square:-   SD47
evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38) 
placename:-  Carnford
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, continuation of the Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In mile 239, Lancashire.  "Carnford"
row of houses each side of the road. 
item:-  JandMN : 21
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evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Carnforth
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Carnford
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 267-268  "Carnford"
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Baker 1802
placename:-  Carnforth
source data:-   Perspective road map with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland, and Cumberland, by J Baker, London 1802.
pp.25-26:-  "Burton and Carnforth are the first villages on the great road at leaving Lancaster, ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Baker 1802
placename:-  Carnforth
source data:-   Perspective road maps with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland, by J Baker, London 1802.
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"Carnforth"
item:-  private collection : 3
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Carnforth
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
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item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Carnforth
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"Carnforth"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Burrow 1920s
source data:-   Road book, strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, irregular scales about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.
"... where the ironworks of Carnforth impose themselves boldly upon the landscape."
evidence:-   old map:- Burrow 1920s
source data:-   Road book, On the Road, Dunlop Pictorial Road Plans, volume V, strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, irregular scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.
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item:-  private collection : 17
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