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Hensingham, Whitehaven
Hensingham
locality:-   Whitehaven
civil parish:-   Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NX98611679 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NX9816
10Km square:-   NX91

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 67 7) 
placename:-  Hensingham
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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Hensingham
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.
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"Hensingham"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Hensingham
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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"Hensingham"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 86
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Hensingham
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
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OT02NX91.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
source data:-   Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.
image G816B601, button  goto source
Gentleman's Magazine 1816 part 2 p.601 
Biographical note from the Compendium of County History:-  "Grindal, Edmund, Abp. of Canterbury, Hensingham, 1519."

evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Hensingham
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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"Hensingham"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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places:-  
NX98581623 Distressed Sailor (Whitehaven) L
NX98771688 drain, Hensingham (Whitehaven)
NX98651680 Globe Inn (Whitehaven) L
NX98601674 Hall, The (Whitehaven)
NX99291735 Hensingham Cottage (Whitehaven)
NX98761693 Hensingham Methodist Church (Whitehaven)
NX98861686 Hensingham Primary School (Whitehaven)
NX98631682 Cottage Chippy, The (Whitehaven)
NX98691685 Hensingham: Garden Villas (Whitehaven) L
NX98651685 Holly Terrace (Whitehaven) L
NX98691689 Hensingham: Main Street, 38 to 48 (Whitehaven) L
NX98771690 Hensingham: Main Street, 81 to 87 (Whitehaven) L
NX98681684 Merlin House (Whitehaven) L
NX98671681 Hensingham: Main Street, 89 to 95 (Whitehaven) L
NX98651680 Hensingham: Main Street, 96 to 99 (Whitehaven) L
NX98781686 Hensingham: West View, 7 (Whitehaven) L
NX98781691 hydrant plate, Hensingham (Whitehaven)
NX98341718 Inkerman Terrace (Whitehaven)
NX98581758 Jericho (Whitehaven) gone?
NX98531728 Joppa (Whitehaven) gone?
NX98601681 Kings Arms (Whitehaven)
NX99171670 Overend (Whitehaven) gone?
NX98781685 Plantain Terrace (Whitehaven)
NX98791696 police station, Hensingham (Whitehaven)
NY00141805 Priest Gill (Whitehaven) gone
NX99211718 Richmond Hill (Whitehaven)
NX98991706 Hensingham School (Whitehaven) gone?
NX98571663 St John's Church (Whitehaven)
NX98631676 Sun Inn (Whitehaven)
NX98611666 war memorial, Hensingham (Whitehaven)
NX98801731 Yew Bank (Whitehaven) gone?
NX98301718 Scragill Turnpike (Whitehaven)
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