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Miterdale Head, Eskdale
Miterdale Head
locality:-   Miterdale
civil parish:-   Eskdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   building/s (ruin) 
coordinates:-   NY16090246
1Km square:-   NY1602
10Km square:-   NY10


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BYG49.jpg (taken 27.4.2013)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 79 10) 
placename:-  Miterdale Head
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:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Myterdale
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, about 1595.
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"Myterdale"
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item:-  JandMN : 169
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Miterdale Head
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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"Miterdale Head"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library


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BYG50.jpg (taken 27.4.2013)  
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BYG51.jpg (taken 27.4.2013)  

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