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Wads Howe, Longsleddale
Wads Howe
Wad's Howe
civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY49540320
1Km square:-   NY4903
10Km square:-   NY40

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BOZ95.jpg (taken 9.4.2008)  
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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 11) 
placename:-  Wad's Howe
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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"Wads Howe"
evidence:-   census returns:- 
placename:-  Wadshow
 old parish registers (formerly )
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Wads How
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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"Wads How"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old map:- Hodgson 1828
placename:-  Wads How
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 4 sheets mounted together on linen and rolled, Plan of the County of Westmorland, scale about 1.25 inches to 1 mile, by Thomas Hodgson, engraved by W R Gardner, Harpur Street, London, published by Thomas Hodgson, Lancaster, and perhaps by C Smith, 172 Strand, London,1828.
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map courtesy of Mark Cropper
"Wads How"
item:-  private collection : 371
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evidence:-   old map:- Kendal Corn Rent Act 1836
placename:-  Wads How
source data:-   Tithe map, Plan of part of the Township of Longsleddale, Westmorland, made regarding the Kendal Corn Rent Act, ie a tithe award map, scale about 20 inches to 1 mile, Kendal, Westmorland, 1836.
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courtesy of Mark Cropper
Plan of part of the Township of Longsleddale, Westmorland, made regarding the Kendal Corn Rent Act, ie a tithe award map, scale about 20 inches to 1 mile, Kendal, Westmorland, 1836.  "WADS HOW"
item:-  private collection : 370
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 Kendal Corn Rent Act 1836
evidence:-   old map:- OS 1881-82 New Series (outline edition) 
placename:-  Wads Howe
source data:-   Map, engraving, area north of Kendal, Westmorland, New Series one inch map, outline edition, sheet 39, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1881-82.
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"Wads Howe"
item:-  JandMN : 61
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evidence:-   records:- Farrer and Curwen 1923
placename:-  Waddshow
item:-  marriage settlement
source data:-   Records Relating to the Barony of Kendale, edited by William Farrer and John F Curwen, published by Titus Wilson and Son, Kendal, Westmorland, 1923.
"1647 : Indentures of a marriage settlement dated 2 February, 23 Charles 1, 1647, between Richard Bennison of Longsleddall, yeoman (1), George Bennison, his son, of Beethon, schoolmaster (2); reciting that in consideration of a marriage to be solemnized between the said George Bennison and Elizabeth Bacchouse of Haverbracke "on this side and before the feast day of Pentecoste," the said Richard hath granted to the said George a messuage tenement in Longsleddall at a place called Waddshow in Longsleddall, in the tenure of the said Richard Bennison parcel of the land of Sir Henry Bellingham knt., and "barronett," of the yearly rent of 11s. 8d., to the said George and his heirs immediately after the death of the said George Bennison and Cecilie his wife; D. at Levens."
evidence:-   textbook:- EPNS Westmorland 1967
placename:-  Waddshow
source data:-   Book, The Place Names of Westmorland, two volumes, by A H Smith, published for the English Place Name Society by Cambridge University Press, Cambridgeshire, 1967
 census records
 directory entries
evidence:-   map:- OS Six Inch (1956) 
placename:-  Wad's Howe
source data:-   Map series, various editions with the national grid, scale about 6 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s, then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on demand from digital data.
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"Wad's Howe"
evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Wilson 1913
placename:-  Wadshow
source data:-   Book, New Shepherd's Guide for Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, by Thomas Wilson, 1913.
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"George Blenkinsop, Wadshow; cropped and forked far, pop on shoulder, G B on horns."
item:-  private collection : 329
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Gate 1879
placename:-  Wadshow
source data:-   Book, New Shepherd's Guide for Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, published by Daniel Gate, Keswick, Cumberland, 1879.
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"THOMAS HUDSON, Wadshow; cropped and forked far, pop on shoulders, stroke down near buttock, TH on horns."
item:-  Kendal Library : 38
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Hodgson 1849
placename:-  Wadshow
source data:-   Book, Shepherd's Guide, or a Delineation of the Wool and Ear Marks of the Different Stocks of Sheep, Lancashire, Cumberland, and Westmorland, by William Hodgson, Normoss, Corney, Cumberland, 1849.
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"THOMAS HUDSON, Wadshow."
"Cropped and forked far ear, a red pop on the shoulders, and a stroke down the near buttock TH on the horns."
item:-  Kendal Library : 39
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Lamb 1937
placename:-  Wadshow
source data:-   Book, Lamb's Shepherds' Guide for Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, by R H Lamb, published by the Herald Printing Co, Penrith, Cumberland, 1937.
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"William Farrer, Wadshow and Well Foot. Upper fold bitted near ear, red stroke from fillet down near lisk, W F burn on far horn."
item:-  Kendal Library : 40
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BMC84.jpg  Sheep with the Wadshowe flock mark, in the pasture by Middale.
Red pop on shoulder.
(taken 12.5.2006)  

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BOZ97.jpg  Pottery house name sign on the house:-
"WAD'S HOWE" (taken 9.4.2008)  
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BSN75.jpg (taken 16.4.2010)  
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BXS58.jpg (taken 29.11.2012)  

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BYZ08.jpg  Boy Scouts camping.
 
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