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Hest Bank, Lancashire
Hest Bank
county:-   Lancashire
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD46866650 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD4766
10Km square:-   SD46

evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38) 
placename:-  Hestbanck
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, continuation of the Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In mile 235, Lancashire. 
Turning left:-  "to Hestbanck and the sands"
item:-  JandMN : 21
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evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Hest Bank
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Baker 1802
placename:-  Hest Bank
source data:-   Perspective road map with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland, and Cumberland, by J Baker, London 1802.
pp.25-26:-  "Lancaster Sands ... are 5 miles in breadth, for which a guide should be taken from Hest Bank, ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Hest Bank
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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item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Hest Bank
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
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Page 154:-  "..."
"Hest Bank.- A bathing-place on the edge of Morecam Bay."

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Hest Bank
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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"Hest Bank"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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places:-  
 Hest Bank and Barrow District Railway () proposed
SD47866657 Hest Bank Station ()
SD46816659 viewpoint, Hest Bank ()
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