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Embleton High Common, Embleton
Embleton High Common
civil parish:-   Embleton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   common
coordinates:-   NY17042796 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY1727
10Km square:-   NY12

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 55 10) 
placename:-  Embleton High Common
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 old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) 
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In miles 39 to 41, Cumberland. 
labelling what could be a mountain profile to the left of the road.  "Mountainous"
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item:-  JandMN : 22
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