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Foulshaw Moss, Witherslack
Foulshaw Moss
civil parish:-   Witherslack (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   moss
locality type:-   peat moss
coordinates:-   SD46228254 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD4682
10Km square:-   SD48

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 42 14) 
placename:-  Foulshaw Moss
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) 
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
J5SD48SE.jpg
"PEAT MOSSES"
area; moss 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   probably old map:- West 1784 map
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
image
Ws02SD48.jpg
"Peatmoss"
Beside the River Gilpin. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
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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CY24SD48.jpg
"PEAT MOSSES"
area 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

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