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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

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.
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In mile 265, Westmorland.  "horse house"
house drawn on the left of the road. 
item:-  JandMN : 21
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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.
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"Horse Hause"
Perhaps a pass, no symbol. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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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.
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"Horse House"
At mile 265+. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.100
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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"
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item:-  private collection : 264
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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.
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"Horse House"
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
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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.
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"Horse House"
Building. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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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.
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"Horse House"
circle and line, by the road 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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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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