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Woodhouse, Heversham
Woodhouse
civil parish:-   Heversham (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD51038342 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD5183
10Km square:-   SD58

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 42 16) 
placename:-  Woodhouse
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:-  Wood house
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Wood house"
in  "Millthorp"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Wood Houses
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.
image
J5SD58SW.jpg
"Wood Houses"
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:-  Wool Houses
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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CY24SD58.jpg
"Wool Houses"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

places:-  
SD5110833642 High House (Heversham)
NY35683788 oak tree, Caldbeck (Caldbeck)
SD51008359 stone, Woodhouse (Heversham)
NX96751622 toll gate, Whitehaven (Whitehaven) gone
NX97301621 Wood House (Whitehaven)
SD51488343 Woodhouse Bridge (Heversham)
SD51008346 Woodhouse Farm (Heversham)
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