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Middleton Head, Middleton
Middleton Head
civil parish:-   Middleton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
coordinates:-   SD62828864
1Km square:-   SD6288
10Km square:-   SD68


photograph
BRV60.jpg  Farm,
(taken 13.11.2009)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 40 13) 
placename:-  Middleton Head
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:-   perhaps hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Town head
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Town head"
in  "Middleton in Lonsdale ward"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Middleton Head
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.
image
J5SD68NW.jpg
"Middleton Head"
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:-  Middleton Head
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24SD68.jpg
"Middleton Head"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Middleton Head
source data:-   Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
image  click to enlarge
GRA1Wd.jpg
"Middleton Hd."
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Wallis 1810 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Middleton Head
source data:-   Road map, Westmoreland, scale about 19 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Street, Soho, 1810, published by W Lewis, Finch Lane, London, 1835?
image  click to enlarge
WAL5.jpg
"Middleton Hd."
village, hamlet, house, ... 
item:-  JandMN : 63
Image © see bottom of page

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