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| Old Sandsfield, Burgh by Sands | ||
| Old Sandsfield | ||
| locality:- | Sandsfield | |
| civil parish:- | Burgh by Sands (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | inn (once) | |
| coordinates:- | NY33176165 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3361 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY36 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 16 5) placename:- Old Sandsfield placename:- Lady Lowther |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Sand Field |
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| 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. D4NY36SW.jpg "Sand Field" block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | possibly old map:- Ford 1839 map placename:- Sandsfield |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of
Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles
to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R
Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843. FD02NY36.jpg "Sandsfield" item:- JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
This is where there is/was a ford, or wath, to cross the Solway at low tide. |
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