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Wellfoot, Longsleddale
Wellfoot
Well Foot
civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY49200384
1Km square:-   NY4903
10Km square:-   NY40


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BVT75.jpg (taken 6.1.2012)  
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BSN77.jpg (taken 16.4.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 11) 
placename:-  Wellfoot
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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"Wellfoot"

evidence:-   census returns:- 
placename:-  Wellfoot
placename:-  Well Foot

 old parish registers (formerly )

evidence:-   old map:- Hodgson 1828
placename:-  Well Foot
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 4 sheets mounted together on linen and rolled, Plan of the County of Westmorland, scale about 1.25 inches to 1 mile, by Thomas Hodgson, engraved by W R Gardner, Harpur Street, London, published by Thomas Hodgson, Lancaster, and perhaps by C Smith, 172 Strand, London,1828.
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map courtesy of Mark Cropper
"Well Foot"
item:-  private collection : 371
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evidence:-   old map:- Kendal Corn Rent Act 1836
placename:-  Well Foot
source data:-   Tithe map, Plan of part of the Township of Longsleddale, Westmorland, made regarding the Kendal Corn Rent Act, ie a tithe award map, scale about 20 inches to 1 mile, Kendal, Westmorland, 1836.
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courtesy of Mark Cropper
Plan of part of the Township of Longsleddale, Westmorland, made regarding the Kendal Corn Rent Act, ie a tithe award map, scale about 20 inches to 1 mile, Kendal, Westmorland, 1836.  "WELL FOOT"
item:-  private collection : 370
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 Kendal Corn Rent Act 1836

evidence:-   old map:- OS 1881-82 New Series (outline edition) 
placename:-  Wellfoot
source data:-   Map, engraving, area north of Kendal, Westmorland, New Series one inch map, outline edition, sheet 39, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1881-82.
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"Wellfoot"
item:-  JandMN : 61
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- 
source data:-   Royal Commission on Historical Monuments in England: 1936: Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland: HMSO "[17th century, 2 storey, rubble walls, slate roofs] ..."

 census records

 directory entries

evidence:-   map:- OS Six Inch (1956) 
placename:-  Wellfoot
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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"Wellfoot"

evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Wilson 1913
placename:-  Well Foot
source data:-   Book, New Shepherd's Guide for Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, by Thomas Wilson, 1913.
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"William Farrer, Well foot; upper fold bitted near ear, red stroke from fillet down near lisk, W F on horn."
item:-  private collection : 329
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Gate 1879
placename:-  Well Foot
source data:-   Book, New Shepherd's Guide for Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, published by Daniel Gate, Keswick, Cumberland, 1879.
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"JAMES DIXON, Well-foot; upper fold bitted near, stroke from fillet down near lisk, JD on near horn."
item:-  Kendal Library : 38
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Lamb 1937
placename:-  Well Foot
source data:-   Book, Lamb's Shepherds' Guide for Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, by R H Lamb, published by the Herald Printing Co, Penrith, Cumberland, 1937.
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"William Farrer, Wadshow and Well Foot. Upper fold bitted near ear, red stroke from fillet down near lisk, W F burn on far horn."
item:-  Kendal Library : 40
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BSN81.jpg  Wellfoot flock; red stroke down near lisk. Matching red ear tags.
(taken 16.4.2010)  
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BIX20.jpg  Swaledale sheep, newly shorn, newly marked, Wellfoot; Wellfoot mark, red stroke down nearside hook.
(taken 6.2004)  
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BIX18.jpg  Wellfoot flock; red stroke down near lisk.
 

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