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Coatsforth, Asby
Coatsforth
Asby Coatsforth
civil parish:-   Asby (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   township
coordinates:-   NY695124 (etc, roughly) 
1Km square:-   NY6912
10Km square:-   NY61

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series
placename:-  Coatsforth
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.
An area is labelled:-  "ASBY COATSFORTH / Acres 2258.700 (including 16.865 detd.portions)"

evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Asby cottforth
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Asby cottforth"

evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Asby Coltsford
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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"Asby Coltsford"
no symbol 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Coatsforth
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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"Coatsforth"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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