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Stoneraise Place, Westward
Stoneraise Place
civil parish:-   Westward (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY27374565
1Km square:-   NY2745
10Km square:-   NY24

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 29 14) 
placename:-  Stoneraise Place
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:-   possibly old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Stonerays
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.
image
D4NY24NE.jpg
"Stonerays"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Stoneraise Place
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"STONERAISE PLACE / / / WESTWARD / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 488257 / NY2734545661"

personal
person:-   scientist
 : Bragg, William Henry, Sir
place:-   birthplace
date:-   2.7.1862
Sir William Henry Bragg was born here; later educated at Wigton. He and his son, Sir William Lawrence Bragg, shared the Noble Prize for Physics, for work on xray crystalography.

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