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Low Houses, Alston Moor
Low Houses
locality:-   Beldy
locality:-   Garrigill
civil parish:-   Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY74214204
1Km square:-   NY7442
10Km square:-   NY74


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BML44.jpg (taken 29.7.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 42 6) 
placename:-  Low Houses
placename:-  Houses, Low
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:-   possibly old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Howses, The
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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Sax9NY74.jpg
Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church.  "The howses"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   possibly old map:- Keer 1605
placename:-  Howses, The
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, probably by Pieter van den Keere, or Peter Keer, about 1605 edition perhaps 1676.
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KER8.jpg
"The howses"
dot, circle and tower; village 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110
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evidence:-   possibly old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Houses, The
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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SP11NY74.jpg
"The houses"
circle, building, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   possibly old map:- Jenner 1643
placename:-  Howses, The
source data:-   Tables of distances with a maps, Westmerland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, published by Thomas Jenner, London, 1643; published 1643-80.
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"The howses"
circle 

evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Houses, The
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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JAN3NY74.jpg
"The houses"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   possibly old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Houses, The
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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MD12NY74.jpg
"The Houses"
Drawing of a house. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   possibly old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Houses, The
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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BO18NY74.jpg
"The Houses"
circle and line 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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