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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.
image
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"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.
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"Plumpton Head"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

places:-  
NY50313478 milestone, Penrith (3) (Penrith)
NY50183497 Plumpton Head (Penrith)
NY50033535 roman camp, Plumpton Head (Penrith)
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