Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Plumpton Head, Plumpton

Plumpton Head, Plumpton

Plumpton Head

locality:-

Plumpton

civil parish:-

Penrith (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY50243505

1Km square:-

NY5035

10Km square:-

NY53

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 49 8)
placename:- Plumpton 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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Plumpton Wall 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.

D4NY53NW.jpg
"Plumpton Wall Head"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Plumpton Head

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.

places:-

NY50313478 milestone, Penrith (3) (Penrith)

NY50183497 Plumpton Head (Penrith)

NY50033535 roman camp, Plumpton Head (Penrith)

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