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Lamiford, Bewcastle
Lamiford
civil parish:-   Bewcastle (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
10Km square:-   NY58
SummaryText:-   Saxton is the evidence for this place. Could he just be labelling a 'lamb ford' over a stream into Northumberland or Scotland on a drove?
references:-   Saxton 1579
evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Lamiforde, The
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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"The Lamiforde"
(Read clearly from another copy of Saxton's map.) 
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Lamiford, The
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"The Lamiford"
area on the border 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Lamiford, The
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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"The Lamiford"
Hillock on county boundary. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Nhm) 
placename:-  Lamyford
source data:-   Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695; published 1695-1772.
double line across the Kershope Burn  "Lamijford"
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