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NY56
civil parish:-   Stapleton (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Askerton (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Hethersgill (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Walton (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Irthington (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Waterhead (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Kingwater (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Brampton (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Burtholme (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Nether Denton (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Farlam (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   10Km square
10Km square:-   NY56

adjacent:-  
NY47 NY57 NY67
NY46
here
NY66
NY45 NY55 NY65

1Km squares:-    click on an active square

evidence:-   old map:- OS 1946 Quarter Inch
source data:-   Maps, sheet 1, The Border, and sheet 2, England, North Central, in the Quarter Inch Map of Great Britain series, 4th edn with National Grid in yards, scale 4 miles to 1 inch, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1946.
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item:-  JandMN : 103
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evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
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.
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Approximate 10Km square, plus overlaps. 
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Burghley 1590 (facsimile) 
source data:-   Facsimile map, A Platt of the Opposete Border of Scotland to ye West Marches of England, parts of Cumberland and Scotland including the Debateable Land, from a manuscript drawn for William Cecil, Lord Burghley, about 1590, published by R B Armstrong, 1897.

courtesy of the National Library of Scotland
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item:-  National Library of Scotland : MS6113 f.267
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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Approximate 10Km square plus overlaps 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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Approximate 10Km square, plus overlaps. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.
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Approximate 10Km square, plus overlaps 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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Approximate 10Km squares, plus overlaps 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
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.
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Approximate 5Km squares, plus overlaps 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Images © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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Approximate 10Km square plus overlaps 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
source data:-   Map, colour lithograph, Road Map of Cumberland, by George Joseph Bell, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, printed by Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892.
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Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Nurse 1918
source data:-   Map, The Diocese of Carlisle, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Rev Euston J Nurse, published by Charles Thurnam and Sons, 11 English Street, Carlisle, Cumberland, 2nd edn 1939.
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Approximate 10Km square, plus overlaps 
item:-  JandMN : 27
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evidence:-   relief map:- NASA data 2009
source data:-   Relief map, digital image, Cumbria Relief Map, data downloaded from NASA, processed by Jean M Norgate, Longsleddale, Cumbria, 2009; used to make a relief model, multilayer jigsaw puzzle.
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Cumbria Relief Map, created from raw NASA data, Jean Norgate 2009  
item:-  Norgate 2009
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