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White Raise, Askham
White Raise
locality:-   Askham Fell
civil parish:-   Askham (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill (or) 
locality type:-   tumulus
coordinates:-   NY488224
1Km square:-   NY4822
10Km square:-   NY42

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 7 11) 
placename:-  White Raise
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.

evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
image WS21P163, button  goto source
Page 163:-  "..."
"Ascending the road from Pooley-bridge to the south, ... by White-raise, a large karn of stones, ..."

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