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Swaites, Kingwater
Swaites
Swates
civil parish:-   Kingwater (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY56076667
1Km square:-   NY5666
10Km square:-   NY56

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 12 10) 
placename:-  Swaites
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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Swaits
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
D4NY56NE.jpg
"Swaits"
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:-  Swaites, The
item:-  date stone (1839)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"THE SWAITES / / / KINGWATER / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78148 / NY5606766663"

notes:-  
possible moated site

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6

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