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Low Knipe, Bampton
Low Knipe
locality:-   Knipe
civil parish:-   Bampton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY51611992 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY5119
10Km square:-   NY51


photograph
CCY56.jpg (taken 1.5.2015)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 13 4) 
placename:-  Low Knipe
placename:-  Knipe, 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:-  Knipe
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Knipe"
in  "Bampton"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Low Knipe
placename:-  Knipe, 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.
image
J5NY52SW.jpg
"Low Knipe"
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:-  Low Knipe
placename:-  Knipe, Low
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24NY51.jpg
"Low Knipe"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

places:-  
NY51611984 Low Knipe (Bampton) L
NY51621996 Lowther Cottage (Bampton)
NY51591977 Moor End (Bampton)
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