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| Fairhill, Alston | ||
| Fairhill | ||
| locality:- | Alston | |
| civil parish:- | Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | locality | |
| coordinates:- | NY71964562 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7145 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY74 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 34 9) placename:- High Fairhill placename:- Fairhill, High |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Fairbank |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1
inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29
Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774. D4NY74SW.jpg "Fairbank" block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| hearsay:- |
Drovers taking cattle to market in the Penrith area rested here. There is a stone
with a large iron ring, for tethering the bull. |
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| Circuses also set up here, once; the iron ring used to tether elephants. |
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