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Brough Hill, Warcop
Brough Hill
civil parish:-   Warcop (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY76521551 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY7615
10Km square:-   NY71

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 16 10) 
placename:-  Brough Hill
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:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Brough Hill
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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"BROUGH HILL"
hill hachuring; hill or mountain, the road on the ridge 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Brough Hill
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Brough Hill"
hill hachuring 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old text:- Capper 1808
placename:-  Broug Hill
item:-  fairBrough Hill Fair
source data:-   Gazetteer, A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom, compiled by Benjamin Pitts Capper, published by Richard Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808; published 1808-29.
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"... Brough-hill fair, held in a field 2 miles from the town [Brough], 30 September, where immense numbers of cattle, horses, and all kinds of goods are sold."

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