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| Hill, Whitwell and Selside | ||
| Hill | ||
| civil parish:- | Whitwell and Selside (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY54310094 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5400 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY50 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 34 1) placename:- Hill |
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| 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. "Hill" |
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| evidence:- | possibly hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675 placename:- Hill |
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| source data:- | Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75. "Hill" in "Whinfield Constablewick" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) placename:- Hill |
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| 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. J5NY50SW.jpg "Hill" circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) placename:- Hell |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles
to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805. CY24NY50.jpg "Hell" block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet item:- JandMN : 129 Image © see bottom of page |
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| notes:- |
This is perhaps refered to by Somervell:- |
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| "one of the old mill stones was in the floor of Primrose Hill, the ruined farm just
opposite [mill, Fawcett Forest on Bannisdale Beck]" |
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| Somervell, John: 1930: Water Power Mills of South Westmorland |
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