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Whale, Lowther
Whale
civil parish:-   Lowther (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY52202153 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY5221
10Km square:-   NY52


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CFP81.jpg (taken 21.10.2016)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 7 16) 
placename:-  Whale
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:-  Whale moore
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Whale moore"

evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1670
placename:-  Whale
source data:-   Records, hearth tax returns, exchequer duplicates, Westmorland, 1670.
"Whale"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Whale
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.
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J5NY52SW.jpg
"Whale"
blocks, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, village? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Whale
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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CY24NY52.jpg
"Whale"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

places:-  
NY52182150 house, Whale (Lowther) L
NY52202148 house, Whale (2) (Lowther)
NY52172154 Penfold Cottage (Lowther) L
NY52152152 post box, Whale (Lowther)
NY52142151 Whale School (Lowther)
NY5221 Whale Beck river 
NY52112153 Whale Farm Cottage (Lowther)
NY52212169 Whale Farm (Lowther)
NY53092126 Whale Moor (Lowther)
NY52242192 Whale Plantation (Lowther)
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