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Wham Head Farm, Hutton Roof
Wham Head Farm
locality:-   Hutton Roof
civil parish:-   Mungrisdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY37443426
1Km square:-   NY3734
10Km square:-   NY33


photograph
BLR23.jpg (taken 9.3.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 48 10) 
placename:-  Whamhead
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:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Wham Head Farm
item:-  date stone (1838)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"WHAM HEAD FARMHOUSE / / / MUNGRISDALE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73533 / NY3745034230"

hearsay:-  
The lintel over the barn facing the yard has an inscription, and above it is a fireplate:-
"[LONDON ASSURANCE / INCORPORATED / 1720]"
probably issued between 1918-39.

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