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| Walmgate Head, Bampton | ||
| Walmgate Head | ||
| civil parish:- | Bampton (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY51171647 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5116 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY51 | |
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 BJW38.jpg (taken 29.9.2005)  BJW39.jpg Plaque:- "RICHARD WRIGHT / RICHARD LAW / 1713 / FOUNDER BENEFACTOR" (taken 29.9.2005) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 13 12) placename:- Walmgatehead |
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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. |
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| evidence:- | probably old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) placename:- Wongate |
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| 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. J5NY51NW.jpg "Wongate" blocks, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, village? item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) placename:- Wangate |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles
to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805. CY24NY51.jpg "Wangate" block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet item:- JandMN : 129 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
Stone and the plaque came from the school at Measandbecks in Mardale, when the valley
was flooded by the Hawes Water Reservoir. The old school was carefully dismantled
and rebuilt here at the expense of a private well wisher. |
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| see:- |  school, Measandbecks |
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