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Leighton House, Beetham
Leighton House
civil parish:-   Beetham (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD48697786
1Km square:-   SD4877
10Km square:-   SD47

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 46 11) 
placename:-  Leighton Beck House
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:-  Leighton beck
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Leighton beck"
in  "Bethome"

evidence:-   old map:- Greenwood 1824
placename:-  Leighton Beck
source data:-   Maps, Map of the County of Westmorland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, and Map of the County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, etc, by C and J Greenwood, published by George Pringle jnr, 70 Queen Street, Cheapside, London, 1823 and 1824 respectively.
"Leighton Beck"

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