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| Moota Hill, Blindcrake | ||
| Moota Hill | ||
| civil parish:- | Blindcrake (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | hill | |
| coordinates:- | NY14443632 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1436 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY13 | |
| altitude:- | 825 feet | |
| altitude:- | 250m | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 46 5) placename:- Moota Hill |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Saxton 1579 placename:- Mewtoobecon |
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| 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. Sax9NY13.jpg "Mewtoobecon" On a hillock, post with rungs to climb to fire basket on top. item:- private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) |
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| source data:- | Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to
Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about
1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675. OG96Bm15.jpg In mile 18, Cumberland. Road ascends then descends a large hill. item:- JandMN : 22 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Moutay |
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| 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. D4NY13NW.jpg "Moutay" hill hachuring; a hill or mountain item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Otley 1818 placename:- Moutay |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes,
Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to
1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies,
Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick,
Cumberland, et al, 1833. OT02NY13.jpg item:- JandMN : 48.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
Said to be one of the assembly places for the Pilgrimage of Grace, 1536. |
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