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Low Wath, Great Salkeld
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Low Wath
site name:-   Eden, River
civil parish:-   Great Salkeld (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Hunsonby (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   ford
coordinates:-   NY56113666 (about) 
1Km square:-   NY5636
10Km square:-   NY53

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 50 2) 
placename:-  Low Wath
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.
"Low Wath"
with tracks joining to road system 

evidence:-   possibly old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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road across the Eden 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
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.
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ford across the Eden E of Gt Salkeld 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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