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Woodhead, Askerton
Woodhead
civil parish:-   Askerton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY57707395
1Km square:-   NY5773
10Km square:-   NY57

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 8 7) 
placename:-  Woodhead
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:-  Woodhead
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.
image
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"Woodhead"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   site plan:- Curwen 1913
placename:-  Woodhead
source data:-   Site plan, lithograph, Woodhead, Lanercost, but now Askerton, Cumberland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1913.
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On p.388 of The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, by John F Curwen. 
printed at top:-  "Woodhead: Lanercost"
item:-  Armitt Library : A782.80
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Woodhead
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"WOODHEAD / / / ASKERTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78112 / NY5770073959"

notes:-  
bastle converted to a house

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan

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