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| Hethersgill | ||||
| civil parish:- | Hethersgill (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| locality type:- | locality | |||
| locality type:- | buildings | |||
| coordinates:- | NY47826718 (etc) | |||
| 1Km square:- | NY4767 | |||
| 10Km square:- | NY46 | |||
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 BZJ77.jpg (taken 27.9.2013) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 11 7) placename:- Hethersgill |
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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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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Hethergill Lane |
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| 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. D4NY46NE.jpg "Hethergill Lane" block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house (or the road) item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cooper 1808 placename:- Hethersgill |
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| 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. click to enlargeCOP3.jpg "Hethersgill" circle; village or hamlet item:- JandMN : 86 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Ford 1839 map placename:- Hethersgill |
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| 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. FD02NY46.jpg "Hethersgill" item:- JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
George Graham, clockmaker, inventor, lived here. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society;
is buried in Westminster Abbey. |
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| His indenture describes his father as George Graham late of Fordlands, though his
son might have been born at Horsegills. |
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| hearsay:- |
The epicentre of an earthquake, December 1979, 5 on the Richter scale, was near here.
A later shock occured a week later. |
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