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Old Town, Hesket
Old Town
locality:-   High Hesket
civil parish:-   Hesket (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY47904370 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY4743
10Km square:-   NY44

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 39 3) 
placename:-  Old Town
placename:-  Town, Old
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:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38) 
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, continuation of the Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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OG38m287.jpg
In mile 291, Cumberland. 
Houses each side of the road. 
item:-  JandMN : 21
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Old Town
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.
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D4NY44SE.jpg
"Old Town"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Old Town
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.
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FD02NY44.jpg
"Old Town"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Unknown 1910s
placename:-  Old Town
source data:-   Map, ms black and colour inks, Tarn Wadling and area, Hesket, Cumberland, scale about 6 ins to 1 mile.
image  click to enlarge
M043.jpg
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 304
Image © Carlisle Library

places:-  
SD59588276 Durham Ox Stable (Mansergh)
SD59588281 Durham Ox House (Mansergh) L
SD59598308 Greenbank (Mansergh)
SD59568292 Terry Bank (Mansergh)
SD59568298 milestone, Mansergh (Mansergh) L
SD59828140 milestone, Mansergh (2) (Mansergh)
SD59628335 Mireside (Mansergh)
NY47984359 pinfold, High Hesket (Hesket)
NY50457145 post box, Stapleton (Stapleton)
SD59588286 pump, Old Town (Mansergh)
SD59758361 Town Head (Mansergh)
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