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Fawcett Forest
civil parish:-   Fawcett Forest (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
coordinates:-   NY53490357 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY5303
10Km square:-   NY50
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 28 9) 
placename:-  Forest, The
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:- Keer 1605
placename:-  Fawsetwood
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, probably by Pieter van den Keere, or Peter Keer, about 1605 edition perhaps 1676.
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"Fawsetwood"
dot, circle and tower; village 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Fawsetwoode
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"Fawsetwoode"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   table of distances:- Simons 1635
placename:-  Fawsetwood
source data:-   Table of distances, uncoloured engraving, Westmerland ie Westmorland, with a thumbnail map, scale about 42 miles to 1 inch, by Mathew Simons, published in A Direction for the English Traviller, 1635.
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"Fawsetwood N"
and tabulated distances 
item:-  private collection : 50.39
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Fawsetwood
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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"Fawsetwood"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Fawset Wood
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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"Fawset Wood"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Fawcet Forest
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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"FAWCET FOREST"
area; and  "Fawset Forest"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Faucet Forest
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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"Faucet Forest"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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