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High Moor, Kirkby Thore
High Moor
civil parish:-   Kirkby Thore (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   moor
coordinates:-   NY65082703 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY6527
10Km square:-   NY62

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 5 13) 
placename:-  High Moor
placename:-  Moor, 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:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Kirkby Thore Moor
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.
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"KIRKBY THORE MOOR"
area 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Kirkbythore Moor
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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CY24NY62.jpg
"Kirkbythore Moor"
area 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

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