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Finsthwaite Heights, Colton
Finsthwaite Heights
civil parish:-   Colton (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   SD361881 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD3688
10Km square:-   SD38

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 8 10) 
placename:-  Finsthwaite Heights
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:-   old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
placename:-  Finsthwaite Heights
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, Finsthwaite Summer House Tower, Colton, Lancashire, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 25 May 1870.
image  click to enlarge
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"1870 / Wedy. May 25 / with Michael / Tower Newby Br from Finsthwaite Heights"
page number  "55"
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.61.66
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