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Leasgill, Heversham
Leasgill
locality:-   Heversham
civil parish:-   Heversham (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD49648397 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD4983
10Km square:-   SD48

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 42 11) 
placename:-  Leasgill
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:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Lesgill
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Lesgill"
in  "Millthorp"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Lays Gill
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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"Lays Gill"
blocks, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, village? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Lay Gill
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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CY24SD48.jpg
"Lay Gill"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   probably old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Lay Gill
source data:-   Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
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"Lay Gill"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Wallis 1810 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Lay Gill
source data:-   Road map, Westmoreland, scale about 19 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Street, Soho, 1810, published by W Lewis, Finch Lane, London, 1835?
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"Lay Gill"
village, hamlet, house, ... 
item:-  JandMN : 63
Image © see bottom of page

places:-  
SD49628426 boundary stone, Heversham/Levens L
SD49708401 Heversham CofE Primary School (Heversham)
SD49648394 milestone, Heversham (Heversham)
SD49648405 Athenaeum (Heversham)
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