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Woodhead Ford, Kirklinton Middle
Woodhead Ford
site name:-   Lyne, River
locality:-   Woodhead
civil parish:-   Kirklinton Middle (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Arthuret (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   ford
coordinates:-   NY42726713
1Km square:-   NY4267
10Km square:-   NY46

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 10 8) 
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.
"Ford"

evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 62) 
source data:-   Raod strip map, uncoloured engraving, the Road from Carlisle to Barwick, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In mile 7, Cumberland. 
Road crosses:-  "Leven alias Line fluvius"
no bridge is drawn. 
item:-  JandMN : 83
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 161) 
source data:-   Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, pl.161, part of The Road from Carlisle to Barwick, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections in Cumberland, and Scotland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.
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Over the Line Fluvius, drawn as a bridge. 
item:-  JandMN : 65.161
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