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Highcross, Loweswater
Highcross
locality:-   Loweswater
civil parish:-   Loweswater (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY13662133
1Km square:-   NY1321
10Km square:-   NY12

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 63 9) 
placename:-  Highcross
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:-  High Cross
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.
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"High Cross"
house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (But/Cru/Low) 
placename:-  High Cross
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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"High cross"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  High Cross
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.
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Ws02NY12.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  High Cross
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"HIGH CROSS / / / LOWESWATER / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72699 / NY1365521336"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"WALL, RAILINGS AND GATEWAY IN FRONT OF HIGH CROSS / / / LOWESWATER / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72700 / NY1370621341"

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