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Crosses Farm, Windermere
Crosses Farm
locality:-   Crosses
civil parish:-   Windermere (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY41090009
1Km square:-   NY4100
10Km square:-   NY40


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CFS04.jpg (taken 11.11.2016)  
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CFS05.jpg (taken 11.11.2016)  

evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Crosses
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Crosses"
in  "Applethwaite"

evidence:-   perhaps old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) 
placename:-  Grosgate
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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OG96m005.jpg
In mile 9, Westmoreland. 
Houses on the right of the road. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Crosses
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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J5NY40SW.jpg
"Crosses"
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:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Crosses, The
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"THE CROSSES / / / WINDERMERE TOWN / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 351650 / NY4109500086"

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