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Deansbiggin, Kirkby Lonsdale
Deansbiggin
Street:-   Mansergh Road
civil parish:-   Kirkby Lonsdale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD60208095
1Km square:-   SD6080
10Km square:-   SD68

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 47 4) 
placename:-  Deane Biggin
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:-  Deans Biggin
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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"Deans Biggin"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Deans Biggin
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
image CY38p335, button  goto source
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page 335-336  "About a Mile beyond Kearswick is Deans Biggin, - Batty, Esq."
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Deans Biggin Farm
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"DEANS BIGGIN FARMHOUSE / / MANSERGH ROAD / KIRKBY LONSDALE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75203 / SD6020280952"

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