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Middle Sadgill, Longsleddale
Middle Sadgill
Middle Sadghyll
locality:-   Sadgill
civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY48240574
1Km square:-   NY4805
10Km square:-   NY40

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BRI19.jpg (taken 27.8.2009)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 6) 
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.
OS County Series (Wmd 27 7) 
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"Sadgill"
evidence:-   census returns:- 
placename:-  Middle Sadgill
placename:-  Middle Sadghyll
placename:-  Middle Sad Gill
evidence:-   old map:- Kendal Corn Rent Act 1836
source data:-   Tithe map, Plan of part of the Township of Longsleddale, Westmorland, made regarding the Kendal Corn Rent Act, ie a tithe award map, scale about 20 inches to 1 mile, Kendal, Westmorland, 1836.
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courtesy of Mark Cropper
Plan of part of the Township of Longsleddale, Westmorland, made regarding the Kendal Corn Rent Act, ie a tithe award map, scale about 20 inches to 1 mile, Kendal, Westmorland, 1836. 
item:-  private collection : 370
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 Kendal Corn Rent Act 1836
evidence:-   old map:- Fields 1875
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courtesy of Ruth Fishwick
evidence:-   old map:- OS 1881-82 New Series (outline edition) 
source data:-   Map, engraving, area north of Kendal, Westmorland, New Series one inch map, outline edition, sheet 39, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1881-82.
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Not labelled. 
item:-  JandMN : 61
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evidence:-   old postcard:- 
source data:-   Postcard, sepia toned, photograph of Middle and High Sadgill in the Si-Ko series, 1920s-30s?
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"Longsleddale, No. 5"
"Si-Ko Series"

courtesy of Michael Wooldridge
item:-  private collection : 146
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 census records
 directory entries
evidence:-   map:- OS Six Inch (1956) 
source data:-   Map series, various editions with the national grid, scale about 6 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s, then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on demand from digital data.
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CDP95.jpg  Tom, or maybe Billy, Fishwick herding sheep above Sadgill.
 courtesy of Nial Barnes
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CDP96.jpg  Tom, or maybe Billy, Fishwick herding sheep above Sadgill.
 courtesy of Nial Barnes
evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Wilson 1913
placename:-  Middle Sadgill
source data:-   Book, New Shepherd's Guide for Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, by Thomas Wilson, 1913.
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"William Gibson, Middle Sadgill; under key bitted near ear, red stroke over and down both shoulders and another over back and down both sides, red pop at tail head, W G on horn. Inside sheep G on near mid rib."
item:-  private collection : 329
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Gate 1879
placename:-  Middle Sadgill
source data:-   Book, New Shepherd's Guide for Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, published by Daniel Gate, Keswick, Cumberland, 1879.
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"THOMAS HUDSON, Middle Sadgill; under key bitted near, cropper far, stroke over and down both shoulders, one over back and down both sides, pop at tail head, TH on horn."
item:-  Kendal Library : 38
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Lamb 1937
placename:-  Middle Sadgill
source data:-   Book, Lamb's Shepherds' Guide for Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, by R H Lamb, published by the Herald Printing Co, Penrith, Cumberland, 1937.
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"Messrs. J.and M. Fishwick, Middle Sadgill. Under key bitted near ear, red stroke over and down both shoulders and another over mid back and down both sides, red pop on tail head."
item:-  Kendal Library : 40
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BIQ28.jpg  Swaledale sheep and lamb with the Sadghyll mark.
Red M on nearside rib. The M stands for Mattinson, earlier owners of the farm, it gets very indistinct as the sheep grows older.
(taken 22.4.2004)  
 scanning 2009
MN photo:-  
 Swaledale ewes, Middle Sadgill flock, Being herded across the front of Low Sadgill, 25 March 2005.

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CEA35.jpg  Cattle, in Bogg.
(taken 9.10.2015)  
fiction:-  
 Called High Ghyll in

Ward, Humphrey, Mrs: 1888: Robert Elsmere
"... a gray stone house, backed by the sombre red of a great copper beech, and overhung by crags ..."
The home of Mary Backhouse who dies after seeing the High Fell ghost.
"on Harter Fell"
see:-   [Sadgill, Longsleddale ]
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