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Rigg Side, Grange
Rigg Side
locality:-   Grange
civil parish:-   Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY25121754
1Km square:-   NY2517
10Km square:-   NY21
references:-   Clarke 1787

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 70 1) 
placename:-  Riggside
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:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Rigg Side
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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"Rigg Side"
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 (Der) 
placename:-  Rig Side
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, ie Derwent Water, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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"Rig Side / J.Pocklington's Esq."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.3
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evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Rigg Side
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.
image CL13P083, button  goto source
Page 83:-  "... Rigg-Side, an estate lately purchased by Joseph Pocklington, Esq. ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Der) 
placename:-  Rigg Side
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of Derwentwater and its Environs, scale about 13 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"RIGG-SIDE / JOS POCKLINGTON ESQr"
building 
item:-  private collection : 169
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