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Low Bleaze, Old Hutton and Holmescales
Low Bleaze
civil parish:-   Old Hutton and Holmescales (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD54918849
1Km square:-   SD5488
10Km square:-   SD58

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 39 13) 
placename:-  Low Blease
placename:-  Blease, Low
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:-  Low Blees
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Low Blees"
in  "Old Hutton"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Low Blease
placename:-  Blease, Low
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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"Low Blease"
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item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

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