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Holmrook, Drigg and Carleton
Holmrook
civil parish:-   Drigg and Carleton (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Irton with Santon (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD07859959 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD0799
10Km square:-   SD09

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 82 2) 
placename:-  Holmrook
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:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Holm Rook
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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"Holm Rook"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Holmrook
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Holmrook"
map date 1909 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Holm Rook
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Holm Rook"
map date 1890 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Holm Rook
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Holm Rook"
map date 1873 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Holm Rook
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Holm Rook"
map date 1863 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

evidence:-   old print:- Rumney 1899
placename:-  Holmrook
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Avenue near Holmrook, Great Gable in Distance, Cumberland, published by George Philip and Son, 32 Fleet Street, London, and Liverpool, 1899.
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On p.72 of the Cyclist's Guide to the English Lake District, by A W Rumney. 
printed at bottom:-  "By permission of "Cyclist." / AVENUE NEAR HOLMROOK. GREAT GABLE IN DISTANCE."
item:-  JandMN : 147.26
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old print:- Rumney 1899
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Holmrook, Cumberland, published by George Philip and Son, 32 Fleet Street, London, and Liverpool, 1899.
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On p.86 of the Cyclist's Guide to the English Lake District, by A W Rumney. 
printed at bottom:-  "By permission of "Cycling." / HOLMROOK."
item:-  JandMN : 147.34
Image © see bottom of page

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