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Low Deepslack, Whinfell
Low Deepslack
civil parish:-   Whinfell (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD57199839
1Km square:-   SD5798
10Km square:-   SD59

photograph
BJW71.jpg (taken 29.9.2005)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 34 6) 
placename:-  Deepslack
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:-   perhaps hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Deep fell
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Deep fell"
in  "Whinfield Constablewick"
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Deep Slack
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.
image
J5SD59NE.jpg
"Deep Slack"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
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