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Woodend, Above Derwent
Woodend
civil parish:-   Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY21922727
1Km square:-   NY2127
10Km square:-   NY22

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

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Bas) 
placename:-  Woodend
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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"Woodend / Rowland Stephenson's Esqr."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.4
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evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Wood End
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
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Page 93:-  "Next we see Wood-End, a dark, gloomy situation, exposed to the north wind, and deprived even of the beams of the mid-day sun; the gloominess of this spot is occasioned by the hill, which shelters Powter-How, and which shades the whole southern face of Wood-End."

evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Bassenthwaite Lake) 
placename:-  Woodend
source data:-   Map, A Map of Broadwater and its Environs, ie Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"Woodend"
item:-  private collection : 10.8
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Woodhouse
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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"Woodhouse"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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