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Yews, Crosthwaite and Lyth
civil parish:-   Crosthwaite and Lyth (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD42879111
1Km square:-   SD4291
10Km square:-   SD49

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 37 12) 
placename:-  Low Yews
placename:-  Yews, 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:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Yews
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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"Yews"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Yews
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
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item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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