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White Moss, Stanwix Rural
White Moss
civil parish:-   Stanwix Rural (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   moss
coordinates:-   NY46136059 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY4660
10Km square:-   NY46

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 17 6) 
placename:-  White Moss
item:-  turbarymessuage
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.
"WHITE MOSS"
"Note: this Moss is common to the townships of / Brunstock High Crosby Low Crosby and / Walby, in the Parish of Crosby upon Eden, and / the owners and occupiers of certain Messuages / and ancient enclosed lands in the township / of Linstock and Parish of Stanwix have / a right of turbary upon it."

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