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High Close, Hayton
High Close
civil parish:-   Hayton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY55845726
1Km square:-   NY5557
10Km square:-   NY55

evidence:-   possibly descriptive text:- Simpson 1746
placename:-  High Close
source data:-   Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.
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"... High Close, Sir Wilfrid Lawson's. ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  High Close
placename:-  Close, High
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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"High Close"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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