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Town Head, Staveley-in-Cartmel
Town Head
civil parish:-   Staveley-in-Cartmel (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD38388772
1Km square:-   SD3887
10Km square:-   SD38


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CEO30.jpg (taken 10.2.2016)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 8 11) 
placename:-  Town Head
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:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
image WS21P071, button  goto source
Page 71, footnote:-  "On the banks of Windermere-water, have been lately built many elegant villas; by ... Mr. Taylor, Townhead; ... These objects, as works of art, most of which are done in styles suitable to their situation, give an air of consequence to the country, ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) 
placename:-  Town Head
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Grand Lake of Windermere, scale about 2 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1819.
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"Town head / Wm. Townley Esqr."
block, building/s 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.102
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere S) 
placename:-  Townhead
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Southern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Samuel John Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"Townhead"
item:-  private collection : 10.11
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Townhead
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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"Townhead"
Located where? 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Town 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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"Town Head"
block, building 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Prior 1874 map 1
placename:-  Town Head
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1874.
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"Town Head"
block/s; building/s 
item:-  private collection : 133.1
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Town Head
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"TOWN HEAD / / A592 / STAVELEY IN CARTMEL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 421909 / SD3836987720"

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