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County Stone, Dent
County Stone
county:-   Cumbria (Westmorland) 
county:-   Cumbria (North Yorkshire) 
county:-   Lancashire
locality type:-   boundary stone
locality type:-   stone
locality type:-   county boundary mark
coordinates:-   SD70148274
1Km square:-   SD7082
10Km square:-   SD78
county:-   Lancashire
current boundary
locality:-   Cumbria boundary
old boundary
locality:-   Westmorland boundary
SummaryText:-   This was the meeting point of three county boundaries; Westmorland, North Yorkshire, and Lancashire; but no more.
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 44 16) 
placename:-  County Stone
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.
"County Stone"
evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Countye Stone
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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"The countye stone"
Stone on a hillock; boundary of Westmorelandia, Lancastria and Eboracensis. 
item:-  private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Burghley 1590 B
source data:-   Map, ms on paper, a View of the County of Lancashire, copied for William Cecil, Lord Burghley, late 1570s, from an original on vellum drawn about 1576-77,
a block inscribed:-  "Countie stone / TP"
and labelled:-  "this ston ys called the countie stone that devideth Lancashire yorkshire and westmerl[and]"
evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Countye Stone, The
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"The Countye Stone"
on a hillock, at the meet of three counties 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Countye Stone
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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"The Countye Stone"
Lumpy hillock, no stone drawn, by county boundary. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  County Stone
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.
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"the County Stone"
A pair of stones on a hillock, at the meet of three counties. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  County Stone
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
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"The County Stone"
At the meet of Westmorland, Lancashire and Yorkshire. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  County Stone, The
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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"The County Stone"
no symbol, at the meet of counties Westmorland Yorkshire Lancashire 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  County Stone
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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"County Stone"
boundary stone; on county boundary 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
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