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| Horse Head, Bewcastle | ||
| Horse Head | ||
| civil parish:- | Bewcastle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | hill (?) | |
| coordinates:- | NY61658089 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY6181 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY68 | |
| county:- | Northumberland | |
| current boundary | ||
| locality:- | Cumbria boundary | |
| old boundary | ||
| locality:- | Cumberland boundary | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 4 8) placename:- Horse Head |
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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:- Saxton 1579 placename:- Horse Head, The |
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| 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. Sax9NY67.jpg "The Horse head" On the county boundary. item:- private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) placename:- Hors Head |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et
Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and
Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator,
Duisberg, Germany, about 1595. MER8CumA.jpg "Hors head" hillock, shaded on east; hill or mountain, on county boundary with Northumberland item:- JandMN : 169 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) placename:- Horse Head, The |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie
Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed,
1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head
Alley, London, 1611-12. SP11NY68.jpg "The Horse Head" hillock; on the border item:- private collection : 16 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jansson 1646 placename:- Horse Head, The |
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| 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. JAN3NY67.jpg "The Horse head" Hillock on county boundary. item:- JandMN : 88 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 placename:- Horse Head, The |
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| 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. BO18NY67.jpg "The Horse Head" area or hill hachuring item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Horse Head |
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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. D4NY68SW.jpg "Horse Head" boundary mark item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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