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forest, Lorton
civil parish:-   Lorton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   forest
locality type:-   wood
1Km square:-   NY1527
10Km square:-   NY12
references:-   Saxton 1579

evidence:-   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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N of Lorton. 
item:-  private collection : 2
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remnant (?):-    Clint's Wood, Lorton
 Casshow Wood, Lorton

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