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Mellguards, Hesket
Mellguards
Mell Guards
civil parish:-   Hesket (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY44634572 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY4445
10Km square:-   NY44

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 31 13) 
placename:-  Mellguards
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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Mellguards
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.
image
D4NY44NW.jpg
"Mellguards"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Mellguards
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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GAR2NY44.jpg
"Mellguards"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

places:-  
NY44754548 Crosshill (Hesket)
NY44494602 Mellguards (Hesket) L
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