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Wharton Dikes, Wharton
Wharton Dikes
civil parish:-   Wharton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY76470557
1Km square:-   NY7605
10Km square:-   NY70

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 30 6) 
placename:-  Wharton Dikes
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:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Wharton Dikes
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Wharton Dikes"

evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Wharton Dyke
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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"Wharton Dyke"
no symbol 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Wharton Dykes
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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"Wharton Dykes"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Wharton Dykes
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Wharton Dykes"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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