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Woodhouses, Orton N
Woodhouses
civil parish:-   Orton N (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY32485216 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3252
10Km square:-   NY35

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 22 16) 
placename:-  Woodhouses
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:-  Woodhouses
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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"Woodhouses"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Woodhouses
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
image CY38p555, button  goto source
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page 555-556  "Woodhouses"
item:-  JandMN : 228.2
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Wood Houses
source data:-   Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.
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"Wood Houses"
village or other place 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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places:-  
NY32375201 Sparrow Rigg (Orton N)
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