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Colton
civil parish:-   Colton (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD31718607 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD3186
10Km square:-   SD38

evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Loulton
source data:-   Map, Lancashire, scale about 18 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, bound in Gray's New Book of Roads, 1824, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
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"Loulton"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.6
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evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Coulton
source data:-   Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.
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"Coulton"
village or other place 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Coulton
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
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item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Coulton
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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"Coulton"
cross, a church 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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places:-  
SD31408590 Beckside Farm (Colton)
SD3186 Colton Beck (Colton)
SD31858609 Colton Church Hall (Colton)
SD31608608 Colton Farm (Colton)
SD31938549 Colton Heights (Colton)
SD31698611 Colton House (Colton)
SD31668594 Greenhead Farm (Colton)
SD31838606 Horsing Stone, The (Colton) L
SD31788554 Ridding Side Farm (Colton)
SD31748607 St Cuthbert's Well (Colton) L
SD31498572 Waste Bridge (Colton)
SD31848605 Holy Trinity Church (Colton) L
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