Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Woodhouse, Heversham

Woodhouse, Heversham

Woodhouse

civil parish:-

Heversham (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

SD51038342 (etc)

1Km square:-

SD5183

10Km square:-

SD58

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 42 16)
placename:- Woodhouse

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:-

hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:- Wood house

source data:-

Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Wood house"
in "Millthorp"

evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Wood Houses

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.

J5SD58SW.jpg
"Wood Houses"
blocks, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, village?
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)
placename:- Wool Houses

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.