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High Scales, Orton S
High Scales
civil parish:-   Orton S (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY59750687
1Km square:-   NY5906
10Km square:-   NY50
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 28 3) 
placename:-  High Scales
placename:-  Scales, 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:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Skales
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus.  "Skales"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Shale
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"Shale"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   perhaps old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Shales
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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"Shales"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Scales
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Scales in the parish of Orton"
evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1670
placename:-  Skailes
source data:-   Records, hearth tax returns, exchequer duplicates, Westmorland, 1670.
"Skailes"
evidence:-   possibly old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Shales
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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"Shales"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
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evidence:-   perhaps old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  Shales
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
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"Shales"
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Shales
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
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"Shales"
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   perhaps old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Shales
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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"Shales"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  High Scales
placename:-  Scales, High
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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"High Scales"
no symbol 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
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