 Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| Horse House, Fawcett Forest | ||
| Horse House | ||
| locality:- | Hucks Bridge | |
| civil parish:- | Fawcett Forest (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | barn | |
| locality type:- | stable (?) | |
| coordinates:- | NY55120418 (?) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5504 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY50 | |
| references:- | Ogilby 1675 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38) placename:- Horse House | |
| source data:- | Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, continuation of the 
                  Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by 
                  John Ogilby, London, 1675.  OG38m262.jpg In mile 265, Westmorland. "horse house" house drawn on the left of the road. item:- JandMN : 21 Image © see bottom of page | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) placename:- Horse Hause | |
| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert
                  Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John
                  Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.  MD10NY50.jpg "Horse Hause" Perhaps a pass, no symbol. item:- JandMN : 24 Image © see bottom of page | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 94) placename:- Horse House | |
| source data:- | Strip maps, uncoloured engravings, road maps, The Road from 
                  London to Carlisle, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections 
                  in Lancashire and Westmorland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St 
                  Katherines, London, 1720.  B094m262.jpg "Horse House" At mile 265+. item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.100 Image © see bottom of page | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Millward and Dickinson 1737 placename:- Horsehouse | |
| source data:- | Road map, photocopy, diagram, A New and Correct Map of Roads of 
                  England, probably published by T Millward and B Dickinson, Inigo 
                  Jones's Head, Fleet Street, London, 1737. "Horsehouse"  click to enlarge MWD1Cm.jpg item:- private collection : 264 Image © see bottom of page | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Badeslade 1742 placename:- Horse House | |
| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Westmorland North from 
                  London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, 
                  by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William 
                  Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.  click to enlarge BD12.jpg "Horse House" circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62 Image © see bottom of page | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) placename:- Horse House | |
| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 
                  inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.  SMP2SDP.jpg "Horse House" Building. item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59 Image © see bottom of page | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 placename:- Horse House | |
| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of 
                  Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, 
                  scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas 
                  Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John 
                  Bowles, London, 1760.  BO18NY40.jpg "Horse House" circle and line, by the road item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page | |
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| hearsay:- | John Ogilby shows and names a house here. The present farm buildings are not regarded
                  as barn by the farmers, nor thought to have been domestic. | |
| Though ... other opinions have been expressed. | ||
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