Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Red Hills, Dacre

Red Hills, Dacre

Red Hills

civil parish:-

Dacre (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY50462859 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY5028

10Km square:-

NY52

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 58 8)
placename:- Red Hills

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:- Redhills

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.

J5NY52NW.jpg
"Redhills"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet?
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Red Hill

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.

D4NY52NW.jpg
"Red Hill"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

places:-

NY50432853 Red Hills Farm (Dacre)

NY49752835 Redhills Limekilns (Dacre) L

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