Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Slack Head, Beetham

Slack Head, Beetham

Slack Head

civil parish:-

Beetham (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

SD49327891 (etc)

1Km square:-

SD4978

10Km square:-

SD47

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 46 7)
placename:- Slack Head

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:- Slack Head

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.

J5SD47NE.jpg
"Slack Head"
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:- Slack Head

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

CY24SD47.jpg
"Slack Head"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet
item:- JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

places:-

SD49337873 Deepdale Farm (Beetham)

SD488786 High Cote (Beetham)

SD49337921 Hubersty House (Beetham)

SD48877875 Rocksborrow (Beetham) gone?

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