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Old Tongue, Whitehaven Harbour
Old Tongue
Sugar Tongue
site name:-   Whitehaven Harbour
locality:-   Whitehaven
civil parish:-   Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   quay
coordinates:-   NX97051825
1Km square:-   NX9718
10Km square:-   NX91


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CGN92.jpg (taken 15.9.2017)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 67 2) 
placename:-  Old Tongue
placename:-  Tongue, Old
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.
"OLD TONGUE / Crane / Crane / ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Old Tongue
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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D49718B.jpg
"Old Tongue"
quay 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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