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Seascale How, Seascale
Seascale How
How Farm
civil parish:-   Seascale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY03680219
1Km square:-   NY0302
10Km square:-   NY00

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 78 9) 
placename:-  Seascale How
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:-  Seascale How
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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"Seascale How"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   probably old advertisement:- Seascale 1920s-30s
placename:-  How, The
source data:-   Advertisements, ... and for H Moore, dairy farm, The How, Seascale, Cumberland, in a guide book, Seascale for Health and Holidays, published by Edward Burrow and Son, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s-30s.
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item:-  JandMN : 1079.24
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