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Well Heads, Hincaster
Well Heads
civil parish:-   Hincaster (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD51468605
1Km square:-   SD5186
10Km square:-   SD58


photograph
BYM64.jpg (taken 7.6.2013)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 42 8) 
placename:-  Well Heads
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 1675
placename:-  Well-head-raines
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Well-head-raines"
in  "Sigswick"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Well Head
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.
image
J5SD58NW.jpg
"Well Head"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Well Heads Farm
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"WELL HEADS FARMHOUSE / / WELL HEADS LANE / HINCASTER / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76446 / SD5146586059"

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