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Hethersgill
civil parish:-   Hethersgill (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY47826718 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY4767
10Km square:-   NY46


photograph
BZJ77.jpg (taken 27.9.2013)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 11 7) 
placename:-  Hethersgill
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:-  Hethergill Lane
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
D4NY46NE.jpg
"Hethergill Lane"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house (or the road) 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Hethersgill
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
image  click to enlarge
COP3.jpg
"Hethersgill"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 86
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Hethersgill
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.
image
FD02NY46.jpg
"Hethersgill"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

hearsay:-  
George Graham, clockmaker, inventor, lived here. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society; is buried in Westminster Abbey.
His indenture describes his father as George Graham late of Fordlands, though his son might have been born at Horsegills.

hearsay:-  
The epicentre of an earthquake, December 1979, 5 on the Richter scale, was near here. A later shock occured a week later.

places:-  
NY47776715 Black Lion, The (Hethersgill)
NY47836719 fingerpost, Hethersgill (Hethersgill)
NY47936717 Hethersgill Parish Hall (Hethersgill)
NY47836721 Hethersgill Wesleyan Church (Hethersgill)
NY47836717 High Gate (Hethersgill) supposed
NY47646712 house, Hethersgill (Hethersgill)
NY47236701 Lonning Park (Hethersgill)
NY47746730 Rigghead (Hethersgill)
NY47856711 St Mary's Church (Hethersgill)
NY47826711 war memorial, Hethersgill (Hethersgill)
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