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Court Thorn, Hesket
Court Thorn
civil parish:-   Hesket (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   tree
locality type:-   thorn
locality type:-   court
locality type:-   manor court
coordinates:-   NY46924562 (guess) 
1Km square:-   NY4645
10Km square:-   NY44

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 31 14) 
placename:-  Court Thorn
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.
"Court Thorn"
no symbol, a ?tree 

evidence:-   old map:- Unknown 1910s
placename:-  Court Thorn
source data:-   Map, ms black and colour inks, Tarn Wadling and area, Hesket, Cumberland, scale about 6 ins to 1 mile.
image  click to enlarge
M043.jpg
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 304
Image © Carlisle Library

hearsay:-  
The stone platform here had a hole in the middle through which grew a thorn tree. This was the site of the manor court.

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