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Whelter, Bampton
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Whelter
Low Whelter
High Whelter
civil parish:-   Bampton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY471131
1Km square:-   NY4713
10Km square:-   NY41

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 20) 
placename:-  Low Whelter
placename:-  High Whelter
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.
"Low Whelter"
"High Whelter"

evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Whelter
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Whelter"
in  "Bampton Pattricke"

evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1670
placename:-  Whelter
source data:-   Records, hearth tax returns, exchequer duplicates, Westmorland, 1670.
"Whelter"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Whelter
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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J5NY41SE.jpg
"Whelter"
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:-  Whelter
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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CY24NY41.jpg
"Whelter"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Whelter
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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FD02NY41.jpg
"Whelter"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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