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| Raw Head, Great Langdale | ||
| Raw Head | ||
| locality:- | Great Langdale | |
| civil parish:- | Lakes (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY30410672 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3006 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY30 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 25 3) placename:- Raw Head |
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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:- | probably old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) placename:- Row |
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| 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. J5NY30NW.jpg "Row" circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) placename:- Row |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles
to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805. CY24NY30.jpg "Row" block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet item:- JandMN : 129 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Green 1810 (plate 52) placename:- Row Head |
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| source data:- | Print, soft ground etching, Row Head in Langdale, Raw Head, Great Langdale, Westmorland,
by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1809. click to enlargeGN1252.jpg Plate 52 in Sixty Studies from Nature, 1810. printed at top right:- "52" printed at bottom:- "ROW HEAD IN LANGDALE. / Drawn &Engraved by William Green, and Published at Ambleside, Augst. 1st. 1809." watermark:- "J WHATMAN / 1813" item:- Armitt Library : A6641.52 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Green 1814 (plate 15) placename:- Row Head |
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| source data:- | Print, tinted soft ground etching, Row Head, Great Langdale, Westmorland, by William
Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814. click to enlargeGN1015.jpg Plate 15 in Sixty Small Prints. printed at top right:- "15" printed at bottom:- "ROW HEAD. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green." item:- Armitt Library : A6653.15 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Green 1814 (plate 15) placename:- Row Head |
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| source data:- | Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Row Head, Great Langdale, Westmorland, by William
Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814. click to enlargeGN0915.jpg Plate 15 in Sixty Small Prints. printed at top right:- "15" printed at bottom:- "ROW HEAD. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green." item:- Armitt Library : A6656.15 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Green 1814 placename:- Row Head |
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| source data:- | Set of prints, soft ground etchings, Sixty Small Prints, with
text, A Description of a Series of Sixty Small Prints, by
William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814. goto sourcepage 10:- "..." "Row Head is upon the opposite side of the Langdale valley to Oak How; ..." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Raw Head Farm |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "RAW HEAD FARMHOUSE / / / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 452286 / NY3040806724" |
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