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Cockin, Whinfell
Cockin
civil parish:-   Whinfell (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD57089912
1Km square:-   SD5799
10Km square:-   SD59


photograph
BPW22.jpg  Sign, roof slate and binder twine:-
"Cockin" (taken 26.12.2008)  
photograph
BPW23.jpg (taken 26.12.2008)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 34 6) 
placename:-  Cockin
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:-   probably hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Cockney
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Cockney"
in  "Whinfield Constablewick"

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