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Grayrigg
civil parish:-   Grayrigg (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD57879716 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD5797
10Km square:-   SD59


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BJW70.jpg (taken 29.9.2005)  
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BRR25.jpg (taken 1.10.2009)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 34 11) 
placename:-  Grayrigg
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 map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Grayrigg
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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J5SD59NE.jpg
"Grayrigg"
area 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Grayrigg
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
image CY38p315, button  goto source
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page 315-316  "Grayrigg"
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Grayrigg
source data:-   Road map, Continuation of the Roads to Glasgow and Edinburgh, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.
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"Grayrigg 268ΒΌ"
village or other place; distance from London 
item:-  private collection : 18.21
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Grayrigg
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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"Grayrigg"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Grayrigg
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"Grayrigg"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Grayrigg
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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"Grayrigg"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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places:-  
SD57669722 Bowland's Hill (Grayrigg)
SD58019720 Chapel Houses (Grayrigg)
SD57839714 Coronation Hall (Grayrigg)
SD57969720 date stone, Grayrigg (Grayrigg)
SD57769715 Grayrigg Almshouses (Grayrigg)
SD57829716 Grayrigg CofE Primary School (Grayrigg)
SD57959753 Grayrigg Hall (Grayrigg) L
SD57799711 Grayrigg House (Grayrigg)
SD5797 Lakeland Pipes (Grayrigg)
SD57869714 Old Police House, The (Grayrigg)
SD57899717 Old Vicarage, The (Grayrigg)
SD57969719 Punchbowl House (Grayrigg)
SD57889719 Rose Bower (Grayrigg)
SD57869718 St John's Church (Grayrigg) L
SD57849718 war memorial, Grayrigg (Grayrigg)
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