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Whitehow Head, St John Beckermet
Whitehow Head
civil parish:-   St John Beckermet (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY03100954
1Km square:-   NY0309
10Km square:-   NY00

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 72 12) 
placename:-  Whitehow Head
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:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Whita Head
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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"Whita Head"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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