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| Tom Smith's Stone, Ainstable | ||
| Tom Smith's Stone | ||
| civil parish:- | Ainstable (formerly Cumberland) | |
| civil parish:- | Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | boundary stone | |
| locality type:- | county boundary mark | |
| locality type:- | parish boundary mark | |
| coordinates:- | NY65184650 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY6546 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY64 | |
| county:- | Northumberland | |
| current boundary | ||
| locality:- | Cumbria boundary | |
| old boundary | ||
| locality:- | Cumberland boundary | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 33 10) placename:- Tom Smith's Stone |
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| 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. "Tom Smith's Stone / B.S." |
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| 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. "Tom Smith's Stone" on boundary |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Smith Stone |
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| 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. D4NY64NE.jpg "Smith Stone" boundary stone on county boundary item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| hearsay:- |
The stone's faces are said to be neatly lettered:- |
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| "K / W / A / C" |
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| which do not match the parishes at this boundary. They could be the initials of four
landowners? |
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