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High Raise, Alston Moor
High Raise
civil parish:-   Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY77074655 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY7746
10Km square:-   NY74
altitude:-   1762 feet
altitude:-   537m
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 34 11) 
placename:-  High Raise
placename:-  Raise, High
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:-  High Raise
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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D4NY74NE.jpg
"High Raise"
hill hachuring; hill or mountain, and rocks? on county boundary 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
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