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| Moor Divock, Askham | ||
| Moor Divock | ||
| civil parish:- | Askham (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | moor | |
| coordinates:- | NY489221 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4822 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY42 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 7 11) placename:- Moor Divock |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) placename:- Moor Dovack item:- viewpoint |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the
mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be
visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the
district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick,
Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur
Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49,
latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes. goto sourcePage 117:- "... a track over the common called Moor Dovack, which affords a fine view of Ullswater and its neighbouring scenery;" |
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| evidence:- | map:- Historical Monuments 1936 |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured lithograph, Ancient Works on Moor Divock and the Immediate Vicinity,
Askham, Westmorland, scale about 6 inches to 1 mile, published by Royal Commission
on Historical Monuments England, London, 1936. click to enlargeHMW022.jpg Map, uncoloured lithograph, Ancient Works on Moor Divock and the Immediate Vicinity, Askham, Westmorland, scale about 6 inches to 1 mile, published by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, London, 1936. On p.27 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland. printed, bottom "ANCIENT WORKS ON MOOR DIVOCK / AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY" RCHME no. Wmd, Askham 45 item:- Armitt Library : A745.22 Image © see bottom of page |
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