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Sleddale Forest, Longsleddale
Sleddale Forest
civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   forest
coordinates:-   NY48620211 (etc etc) 
1Km square:-   NY4802
10Km square:-   NY40

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 15) 
placename:-  Sleddale Forest
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.
OS County Series (Wmd 33 3) 

evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.
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Trees in Longsleddale and Kentmere. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Sleddale Forest
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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"SLEDDALE FOREST"
area 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Sleddale Forest
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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CY24NY40.jpg
"Sleddale Forest"
area 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

 Kendal Corn Rent Act 1836

evidence:-   old map:- OS 1881-82 New Series (outline edition) 
placename:-  Sleddale Forest
source data:-   Map, engraving, area north of Kendal, Westmorland, New Series one inch map, outline edition, sheet 39, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1881-82.
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"Sleddale Forest"
item:-  JandMN : 61
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