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Brathay Garths, Brathay
Brathay Garths
locality:-   Brathay
civil parish:-   Skelwith (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   wood
coordinates:-   NY366026
1Km square:-   NY3602
10Km square:-   NY30

evidence:-   probably old map:- Saxton 1579
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere N) 
placename:-  Brathay Wood
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Northern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Samuel John Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"BRATHAY WOOD / GEO. LAW Esqr."
item:-  private collection : 10.10
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