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Penton House, Nicholforest
Penton House
locality:-   Penton
civil parish:-   Nicholforest (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY43457695
1Km square:-   NY4376
10Km square:-   NY47


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CBN47.jpg (taken 29.8.2014)  
photograph
CBN48.jpg  Gateway.
(taken 29.8.2014)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 3 13) 
placename:-  Penton House
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:-   probably old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Ponton Pills
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.
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D4NY47NW.jpg
"Ponton Pills"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library


photograph
CBN49.jpg  Decoration on gate; thistle.
(taken 29.8.2014)  

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