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Causewayhead, Holme Low
Causewayhead
West Causewayhead
East Causewayhead
civil parish:-   Holme Low (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY11955253 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY1152
10Km square:-   NY15

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 20 12) 
placename:-  Causewayhead
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.
OS County Series (Cmd 20 16) 

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Causewayhead
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
D4NY15SW.jpg
"Causewayhead"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

notes:-  
There was an RAF training and maintenance centre here in World War II. Civilains needed security passes to be in some areas.

places:-  
NY12095266 Causewayhead Farm (Holme Low) L
NY12625299 Forester's Arms (Holme Low)
NY12445286 Causewayhead Crossing (Holme Low) gone
NY13015326 Longcummercatiff Farm (Holme Low)
NY12595301 school, Causewayhead (Holme Low)
NY13105334 St Paul's Church (Holme Low)
NY11965245 Stonyflat (Holme Low)
NY12785306 Tanglewood (Holme Low)
NY12755311 village hall, Causewayhead (Holme Low)
NY13095330 war memorial, Causewayhead (Holme Low)
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