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Penrith: Rowcliffe Lane
Rowcliffe Lane
locality:-   Penrith
civil parish:-   Penrith (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   street
coordinates:-   NY51613006 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY5130
10Km square:-   NY51

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 58 4) 
placename:-  Rowcliffe Lane
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 painting:- 
placename:-  Rowcliffe Lane
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Rowcliffe Lane, Penrith, Cumberland, by Edward Arthur 'Evacustes' Phipson, 1905.
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Street comprised of buildings of differing periods; at the far end are two women, one sitting on a doorstep, the other standing with an infant in her arms. 
inscribed & signed &dated at bottom left:-  "Penrith 1905 Evacustes A Phipson"
annotated at reverse:-  "Rowclife Lane Penrith"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1907.12.3
Image © Tullie House Museum

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