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Flakebridge Park, Murton
Flakebridge Park
locality:-   Flakebridge
civil parish:-   Murton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   park
coordinates:-   NY70582215 (? etc) 
1Km square:-   NY7022
10Km square:-   NY72
references:-   Morden 1695
evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Flake Bridge Park
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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"Flake Bridge Park"
source features, Ring of fence palings, trees, circle for house on east side.item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Flake Bridge Park
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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"Flake Bridg P."
Outline with fence palings. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
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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outline of fence palings, by Flake Bridge 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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