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Oaks, Hawksdale
Oaks
Hollinbush
locality:-   Hawksdale
civil parish:-   Dalston (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY36884839
1Km square:-   NY3648
10Km square:-   NY34
references:-   OS County Series


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BZO34.jpg (taken 1.11.2013)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 30 6) 
placename:-  Oaks
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:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Oaks
item:-  oaktree
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
image FD01P099, button  goto source
Page 99:-  "..."
"... At Oaks, the tourist cannot but admire the remaining lordly oak that, with another, gave name to the house. ..."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Hollinbush
placename:-  Oaks, The
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"HOLLINBUSH / / / DALSTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78321 / NY3680048300"

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