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Nag's Head, Alston Moor
Nag's Head
civil parish:-   Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
locality type:-   boundary feature
locality type:-   county boundary feature
coordinates:-   NY79454130 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY7941
10Km square:-   NY74
altitude:-   2207 feet
altitude:-   673m
county:-   Durham
current boundary
locality:-   Cumbria boundary
old boundary
locality:-   Cumberland boundary

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 42 8) 
placename:-  Nags Head
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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Nags Head
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
image
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"Nags Head"
on county boundary 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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