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Swinklebank Wood, Longsleddale
Swinklebank Wood
locality:-   Swinklebank
civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   wood
coordinates:-   NY49550453 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY4904
10Km square:-   NY40


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BMN61.jpg (taken 21.8.2006)  
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BSN82.jpg (taken 16.4.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 7) 
placename:-  Swinklebank Wood
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.
Parcels 135 12.631 acres, 134a 1.796 acres, and detached parcel 142 1.851 acres? 

evidence:-   old map:- Fields 1875
placename:-  Great Wood
source data:-   image
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courtesy of Ruth Fishwick
piece no = 169 

evidence:-   map:- OS Six Inch (1956) 
placename:-  Swinklebank Wood
source data:-   Map series, various editions with the national grid, scale about 6 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s, then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on demand from digital data.
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SINY4904.jpg
"Swinklebank Wood"

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