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Swindale, Shap Rural
Swindale
civil parish:-   Shap Rural (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   valley
coordinates:-   NY51211290 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY5112
10Km square:-   NY51


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CBK37.jpg (taken 19.8.2014)  
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CBK38.jpg (taken 19.8.2014)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 20 4) 
placename:-  Swindale
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:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1670
placename:-  Swindall
source data:-   Records, hearth tax returns, exchequer duplicates, Westmorland, 1670.
"Swindall"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Swindale
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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J5NY51SW.jpg
"Swindale"
hill hachuring; valley 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Swindale
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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CY24NY51.jpg
"Swindale"
area 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Swindale
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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OT02NY51.jpg
"SWINDALE"
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Swindale
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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FD02NY51.jpg
"Swindale"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Swindale
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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GAR2NY51.jpg
"Swindale"
area, river valley 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page


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BLL62.jpg  From near the top of Swindale.
(taken 14.12.2005)  
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BUA67.jpg (taken 11.2.2011)  


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CBL09.jpg (taken 19.8.2014)  
Thistles near Low House.

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