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Gillingbrig Gate, Ainstable
Gillingbrig Gate
locality:-   Croglin Fell
civil parish:-   Ainstable (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   gate (?) 
locality type:-   boundary mark
locality type:-   county boundary mark
coordinates:-   NY62944933
1Km square:-   NY6249
10Km square:-   NY64
county:-   Northumberland
old boundary
locality:-   Cumberland boundary
current boundary
locality:-   Cumbria boundary

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 33 1) 
placename:-  Gillingbrig Gate
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.
on a track 'To Knarsdale' 

evidence:-   possibly old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Gillian Briggs Pike
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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"Gillian Briggs Pike"
triangle on county boundary 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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