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Roweltown, Stapleton
Roweltown
civil parish:-   Stapleton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY49437161
1Km square:-   NY4971
10Km square:-   NY47

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 7 15) 
placename:-  Roweltown
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.
"Roweltown (Post Office)"

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Roweltown
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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"Roweltown"
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:-  Roweltown
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Roweltown"
map date 1892 

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

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

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

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