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Old Town, Mansergh
Old Town
civil parish:-   Mansergh (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD59598290 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD5982
10Km square:-   SD58

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 43 15) 
placename:-  Old Town
placename:-  Town, Old
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:-  Old Town
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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"Old Town"
blocks, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, village? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Old Town
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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CY24SD58.jpg
"Old Town"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Old Town
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
image CY38p333, button  goto source
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C38333.jpg
page 333-334  "Old Town"
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Old Town
source data:-   Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.
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Lw18.jpg
"Old Town 255½"
village or other place; distance from London 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Old Town
source data:-   Road map, Continuation of the Roads to Glasgow and Edinburgh, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.
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Lw21.jpg
"Old Town"
village or other place 
item:-  private collection : 18.21
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Old Town
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.
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"Old Town"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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places:-  
SD59588276 Durham Ox Stable (Mansergh)
SD59588281 Durham Ox House (Mansergh) L
SD59598308 Greenbank (Mansergh)
SD59568292 Terry Bank (Mansergh)
SD59568298 milestone, Mansergh (Mansergh) L
SD59828140 milestone, Mansergh (2) (Mansergh)
SD59628335 Mireside (Mansergh)
NY47984359 pinfold, High Hesket (Hesket)
NY50457145 post box, Stapleton (Stapleton)
SD59588286 pump, Old Town (Mansergh)
SD59758361 Town Head (Mansergh)
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