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Abbey Gate, Blindbothel
Abbey Gate
civil parish:-   Blindbothel (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY12802778
1Km square:-   NY1227
10Km square:-   NY12

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 54 12) 
placename:-  Abbey Gate
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:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Abbey Gate
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Abbey Gate"
map date 1909 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

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