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Fair Hill, Penrith
Fair Hill
locality:-   Penrith
civil parish:-   Penrith (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   hill
locality type:-   fair
coordinates:-   NY51233131 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY5131
10Km square:-   NY53
altitude:-   516 feet
altitude:-   157m

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 58 4) 
placename:-  Fair Hill
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.
"FAIR HILL / (Fairs held here) / 664"

evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38) 
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, continuation of the Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
image
OG38m282.jpg
In mile 283, Cumberland. 
Road ascends a hill. 
item:-  JandMN : 21
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