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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

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 4 8) 
placename:-  Horse Head
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:-  Horse Head, The
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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"The Horse head"
On the county boundary. 
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Hors Head
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.
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"Hors head"
hillock, shaded on east; hill or mountain, on county boundary with Northumberland 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Horse Head, The
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.
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"The Horse Head"
hillock; on the border 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Horse Head, The
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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"The Horse head"
Hillock on county boundary. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Horse Head, The
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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"The Horse Head"
area or hill hachuring 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Horse Head
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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"Horse Head"
boundary mark 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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