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Lofshaw Hill, Hutton
Lofshaw Hill
civil parish:-   Hutton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY38732782
1Km square:-   NY3827
10Km square:-   NY32
altitude:-   1024 feet
altitude:-   312m

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 57 11) 
placename:-  Lofshaw Hill
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:-  Lofts Cross
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.
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"A little beyond the eight-mile post, on the right hand, is an hill called Lofts-Cross, on which is a stone pillar, ..."

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