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Forest Hall, Fawcett Forest
Forest Hall
civil parish:-   Fawcett Forest (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY54810126
1Km square:-   NY5401
10Km square:-   NY50

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 28 13) 
placename:-  Forest Hall
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:-   probably old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Fawsetwood
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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Tower, symbol for a house, hall, tower, etc.  "Fawsetwood"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Jenner 1643
placename:-  Fawsetwood
source data:-   Table of distances, with map, hand coloured engraving, Westmerland ie Westmorland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Jacob van Langeren, published by Thomas Jenner, Cornhill, London, 1643.
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"Fawsetwood"
dot, circle, tower 
item:-  private collection : 52.Wmd
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Fawsetwood
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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"Fawsetwood"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Fawsetwood
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.
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"Fawsetwood"
Circle. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Forest Hall
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.
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"Forest Hall"
block, building 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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