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Wet Sleddale, Shap Rural
Wet Sleddale
site name:-   Sleddale Beck
site name:-   Lowther, River
civil parish:-   Shap Rural (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   valley
locality type:-   locality
coordinates:-   NY55411176 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY5511
10Km square:-   NY51
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 21 5) 
placename:-  Wet Sleddale
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:-  Sleddall in the bottom
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Sleddall in the bottom"
evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1670
placename:-  Sleddall
source data:-   Records, hearth tax returns, exchequer duplicates, Westmorland, 1670.
"Sleddall"
evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1670
placename:-  Roskills and Sleddall
source data:-   Records, hearth tax returns, exchequer duplicates, Westmorland, 1670.
"Roskills &Sleddall"
evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Wetsleddale
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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"Wetsleddale"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Westleddale
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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SMP2NYK.jpg
"Westleddale"
Area. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Wetsleddale
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.
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J5NY51SW.jpg
"Wetsleddale"
hill hachuring; valley 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Westleddale
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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"Westleddale"
area 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Wetsleddale
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
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"WETSLEDDALE"
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Sleddale
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"Sleddale"
Between hill hachures. 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Wet Sleddale
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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GAR2NY51.jpg
"Wet Sleddale"
river valley 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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