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Cowan Head, Strickland Ketel
Cowan Head
civil parish:-   Strickland Ketel (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD49269733
1Km square:-   SD4997
10Km square:-   SD49


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BLP75.jpg (taken 15.2.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Cowan Head
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.
image
J5SD49NE.jpg
"Cowan Head"
house 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Cowan Head
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24SD49.jpg
"Cowan Head"
circle ?no rays, a mill 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Cowanhead
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
image
GAR2SD49.jpg
"Cowanhead"
block, building 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

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