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Grayrigg Head, Grayrigg
Grayrigg Head
civil parish:-   Grayrigg (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD59699675
1Km square:-   SD5996
10Km square:-   SD59


photograph
CFQ06.jpg (taken 28.10.2016)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 34 11) 
placename:-  Grayrigg Head
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:-   perhaps hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Righead
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Righead"
in  "Grayrigge"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Grayrigg Head
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.
image
J5SD69NW.jpg
"Grayrigg Head"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Grayrigg Head
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"GRAYRIGG HEAD / / / GRAYRIGG / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75657 / SD5969196753"

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