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Westmorland: threapland 1
Disputed Ground
locality:-   Mickle Fell
locality:-   Philip Reed Moss
locality:-   Lune Head
civil parish:-   Murton (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Warcop (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   threapland
locality type:-   county boundary
coordinates:-   NY814222 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY8122
10Km square:-   NY82
10Km square:-   NY72
county:-   Durham

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770
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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two boundaries:-  "BOUNDS Claimed by the Earl of Thanet and Sr. James Lowther Bart."
"BOUNDS Claimed by the Earl of Strathmore"
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
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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"BOUNDS Claimed by The Earl of Strathmore / BOUNDS Claimed by the Earl of Thanet and Sr. James Lowther Bart"
disputed ground 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Images © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
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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two boundaries, one is more definite 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Pigot 1826
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 4.5 miles to 1 inch, by James Pigot and Co, Basing Lane, London, 1826-27.
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two boundaries 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.39
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Cruchley 1856
source data:-   Railway map, colour printed, Railway and Station Map of Cumberland, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by G F Cruchley, 81 Fleet Street, London, 1850s-60s?
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two boundaries, one is definite, the other not to be confused with coal and grit areas 
item:-  JandMN : 152
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Bartholomew 1940s
source data:-   Map, colour lithograph, Bartholomew's Revised Half Inch Contoured Maps, sheet 35, Teesdale, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, by John Bartholomew and Sons, The Edinburgh Geographical Institute, Duncan Street, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, 1952.
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item:-  JandMN : 828.35
Image © see bottom of page

mapping:-  
 boundary stone, Stainmore (5)
 Hanging Stone, Stainmore
 boundary stone, Stainmore (7)
 Hanging Seal, Warcop

mapping:-  
 boundary stone, Warcop
 Hanging Seal, Warcop
 boundary stone, Stainmore (5)
 Hanging Stone, Stainmore

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