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| Gillhead, Butterwick | ||
| Gillhead | ||
| Gill Head | ||
| locality:- | Butterwick | |
| civil parish:- | Bampton (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY50461912 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5019 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY51 | |
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 BNX07.jpg Sheep, recently shorn and marked:- "Gill Head, Butterwick, Askham ... Helton Fell stock: ... black H on near side high mid ribs, red pop on far hook." (taken 30.7.2007) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 13 3) placename:- Gillhead |
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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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| hearsay:- |
Isaac Cookson lived here. A picture of him with a Herdwick ewe across his shoulders has become the icon of lakeland shepherding. He attended the shepherds' meet at Mardale 64 times. |
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| personal | ||
| person:- | shepherd : Cookson, Isaac |
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| place:- | home | |
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