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Nenthead
civil parish:-   Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY78114372 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY7843
10Km square:-   NY74

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 42 3) 
placename:-  Nenthead
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:-  Nent 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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"Nent Head"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Nenthead
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
image  click to enlarge
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"Nenthead"
map date 1892 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Nenthead
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
image  click to enlarge
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"Nenthead"
map date 1890 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Nenthead
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
image  click to enlarge
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"Nenthead"
map date 1873 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

evidence:-   old print:- Wallace 1890
placename:-  Nenthead
source data:-   Print, lithograph, Nenthead, from a photograph by T Bramwell, Alston, Cumberland, published by Mawson, Swan and Morgan, Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, 1890
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Tipped in opposite p.196 in Alston Moor, its Pastoral People, its Mines and Miners. 
printed at bottom:-  "T. Bramwell / Photor. Alston / NENTHEAD"
item:-  private collection : 160.7
Image © see bottom of page

places:-  
NY76734258 boundary stone, Nenthead (Alston Moor) L
NY78124374 Nenthead Methodist Chapel (Alston Moor)
NY78264392 Crest, The (Alston Moor)
NY78144455 Dykeheads (Alston Moor)
NY78514371 Fairhill (Alston Moor)
NY77804350 Fiddler Street (Alston Moor)
NY78134372 fingerpost, Nenthead (Alston Moor)
NY77524431 Foulard Cottage (Alston Moor)
NY77994391 Hillersdon Terrace (Alston Moor)
NY78414345 Hilltop (Alston Moor)
NY775439 Holmsfoot (Alston Moor)
NY77774400 Holmsfoot (Alston Moor)
NY78204374 house, Nenthead (Alston Moor) L
NY77714433 lead works, Nenthead (Alston Moor) gone
NY7942 Long Cleugh Burn (Alston Moor)
NY78144372 memorial pump, Nenthead (Alston Moor) L
NY7942 Middle Cleugh Burn (Alston Moor)
NY78924249 mines, Nenthead (Alston Moor)
NY84 Nent Force Level (Alston Moor)
NY782435 Nenthead Mines tramroads (Alston Moor)
NY77744385 Nenthead School (Alston Moor)
NY78424329 Nenthead Smelting Mill (Alston Moor) gone?
NY7842 Old Carr's Burn (Alston Moor)
NY784432 Old Mill (Alston Moor)
NY78004359 Overwater (Alston Moor)
NY78104347 Peatstack Mine (Alston Moor)
NY78224388 powder magazine, Nenthead (Alston Moor) L
NY78154351 Rampgill Mine (Alston Moor)
NY78144373 Nenthead Community Shop (Alston Moor) L
NY78034375 Nenthead School (Alston Moor) gone
NY78124383 school, Nenthead (2) (Alston Moor)
NY78064366 seat, Nenthead (Alston Moor)
NY78014402 St John's Church (Alston Moor)
NY78374334 Nenthead Mill Cottage weather station (Alston Moor)
NY78184402 Whitehall (Alston Moor)
NY78134370 Gillgill Bridge (Alston Moor)
NY77904385 Nenthead Bridge (Alston Moor)
NY77604465 Brownley Hill Mine (Alston Moor)
NY78504370 Dowgang Mine (Alston Moor)
NY78404510 Gudham Gill Mines (Alston Moor)
NY782435 Nenthead Mines (Alston Moor)
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