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Castle Lane, St John's Castlerigg etc
Castle Lane
civil parish:-   St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   road
coordinates:-   NY28762276
coordinates:-   NY29102375
1Km square:-   NY2822
10Km square:-   NY22

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 7) 
placename:-  Castle Lane
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 text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Castrigg Loning
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
image CL13P115, button  goto source
Page 115:-  "..."
"Going along the lane called Castrigg Loning, which leads from the Druids temple to the top of the village of Castrigg, ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ambleside to Keswick) 
placename:-  Castle Lane
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Roads Lakes etc between Keswick and Ambleside, scale about 2.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"Castle Lane"
item:-  private collection : 10.9
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