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Stanah, Legburthwaite
Stanah
locality:-   Legburthwaite
civil parish:-   St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY32021900
1Km square:-   NY3219
10Km square:-   NY31


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BYI48.jpg (taken 21.5.2013)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 16) 
placename:-  Stanah
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:-   probably old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) 
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In mile 24, Cumberland. 
House on the right of the road, on the bank of a river. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ambleside to Keswick) 
placename:-  Stanah
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Roads Lakes etc between Keswick and Ambleside, scale about 2.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"Stanah"
item:-  private collection : 10.9
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