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Grimes Hill, Middleton
Grimes Hill
civil parish:-   Middleton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD62218660
1Km square:-   SD6286
10Km square:-   SD68
references:-   OS County Series

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 43 4) 
placename:-  Grimes Hill
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:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Grimeshill
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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"Grimeshill / Moor Esq."
house 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Grimeshill
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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"Grimeshill"
house symbol; large house 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Grimeshill
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 659-660  "Between Casterton and Sedbergh, on l. is Grimeshill, Wm. Moore, Esq. ..."
item:-  JandMN : 228.2
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Grimeshill
source data:-   Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.
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Page 188:-  "..."
"Four miles further [ie beyond Casterton from Kirkby Lonsdale], on the left, is Grimeshill, the residence of Wm. Moore, Esq., the representative of ancient Westmorland family; ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Grimshill
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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"Grimshill"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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