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cross, Alston Moor
locality:-  
civil parish:-   Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   cross (several?) 
coordinates:-   NY79574168
1Km square:-   NY7941
10Km square:-   NY74
SummaryText:-   'Crosses' in English Black Letter on a 1960s map; not on the county boundary

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Shorts Cross
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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"Shorts Cross"
cross on county boundary 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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