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Raughton Head, Dalston
Raughton Head
Raffton Heed
civil parish:-   Dalston (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY37984542 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3745
10Km square:-   NY34

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 30 15) 
placename:-  Raughtonhead
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:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Raughtonhead Chapel
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus.  "Raughtonhead chap:"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Raughtonhead Chapelry
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, about 1595.
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"Raughtonhead chap."
circle 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Raughtonhead Chapel
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"Raughtonhead Chap."
circle, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Raughtonhead Chappell
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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"Raughtonhead cap"
Building and tower with cross. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Raughtonhead
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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"Raughtonhead"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Raughton Chapel
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.
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"Raughton Chap"
Circle. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Raughtonhead Chapel
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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"Raughtonhead Ch."
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Raughton Head
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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"Raughton Hd."
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Haughton Head
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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"Haughton Head (sic)"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Raughton Head
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Raughton Head"
map date 1909 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Raughton Head
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Raughton Head"
map date 1892 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Raughton Head
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Raughton Head"
map date 1890 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

places:-  
NY37934557 All Saints Church (Dalston) L
NY37944554 Chapel House (Dalston)
NY37974542 fingerpost, Raughton Head (Dalston)
NY37884558 fingerpost, Raughton Head (2) (Dalston)
NY37564537 Haythwaite House (Dalston) L
NY37624519 Haythwaite Whins Farm (Dalston)
NY37924546 Raughton Head CofE Primary School (Dalston)
NY38014540 Raughton Head House (Dalston) L
NY37584541 Raughton Head: Haythwaite Lane, 2 (Dalston) L
NY37894528 School House (Dalston)
NY37974544 seat, Raughton Head (Dalston)
NY37974545 summer house, Raughton Head (Dalston)
NY38034545 Temperance Farm (Dalston)
NY37894556 war memorial, Raughton Head (Dalston)
NY37964549 Well Close (Dalston)
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