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King's Forest of Geltsdale, Geltsdale
King's Forest of Geltsdale
locality:-   Geltsdale
civil parish:-   Geltsdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   forest
coordinates:-   NY59595312 (etc etc) 
1Km square:-   NY5953
10Km square:-   NY55
10Km square:-   NY65


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CBH62.jpg (taken 28.7.2014)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 25 11) 
placename:-  King's Forest of Geltsdale
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.
OS County Series (Cmd 25 12) 

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Kings Forest of Geltsdale
placename:-  Forest of Geltsdale, Kings
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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"KINGS FOREST OF GELTSDALE"
area 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Images © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Kings Forest of Geltsdale
source data:-   Map, Cumberland, scale about 15.5 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, bound in Gray's New Book of Roads, 1824, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
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"Kings Forest of Geltsdale"
area 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
Image © see bottom of page

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