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Sour Nook, Castle Sowerby
Sour Nook
civil parish:-   Castle Sowerby (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY37184073 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3740
10Km square:-   NY34

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Sournook
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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"Sournook"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Sour Nook
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
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item:-  JandMN : 48.1
Image © see bottom of page

places:-  
NY37284061 Beech Cottage (Castle Sowerby)
NY37264068 Castle Sowerby Chapel (Castle Sowerby)
NY37094081 pinfold, Sour Nook (Castle Sowerby) gone
NY37134082 Royal Oak (Castle Sowerby)
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