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Godferhead, Loweswater
Godferhead
locality:-   Loweswater
civil parish:-   Loweswater (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY14592135
1Km square:-   NY1421
10Km square:-   NY12


photograph
BLY33.jpg (taken 24.4.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 63 9) 
placename:-  Godferhead
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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Godfred
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
image
D4NY12SW.jpg
"Godfred"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (But/Cru/Low) 
placename:-  Godfred
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater Lakes, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1794, version published 1800.
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"Godfred"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Godferhead Farm
item:-  date stone (1773)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"GODFERHEAD FARMHOUSE / / / LOWESWATER / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72704 / NY1459921357"

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