button to main menu  Old Cumbria Gazetteer
High Aketon, Bromfield
High Aketon
civil parish:-   Bromfield (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY20864383
1Km square:-   NY2043
10Km square:-   NY24
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 36 4) 
placename:-  High Aketon
placename:-  Aketon, High
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:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  High Aketons
placename:-  Aketons, High
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
image
D4NY24SW.jpg
"High Aketons"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  High Aikton Farm
item:-  date stone (1670s)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"HIGH AIKTON FARMHOUSE AND ADJOINING BARNS / / / BROMFIELD / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 411228 / NY2086943834"

button to lakes menu  Lakes Guides menu.