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Tarn House, Helbeck
Tarn House
civil parish:-   Helbeck (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY80861899
1Km square:-   NY8018
10Km square:-   NY81

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 16 4) 
placename:-  Tarn House
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.
"Tarn House"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Tarn Houses
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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"Tarn Houses"
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:-  Torn Houses
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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"Torn Houses"
house symbol; large house 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

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