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Gill Foot, Whinfell
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Gill Foot
civil parish:-   Whinfell (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
1Km square:-   NY5700 (?) 
10Km square:-   NY50
references:-   Hearth Tax 1675

evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Gillfoot
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Gillfoot"
in  "Whinfield Constablewick"

hearsay:-  
An email correspondent named Dennison says that Dennison was the name of the farmer at Gill Foot in 1599, perhaps earlier, and the same family was there in the 1700s.

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