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Royal Oak, Sour Nook
Royal Oak
locality:-   Sour Nook
civil parish:-   Castle Sowerby (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   inn
coordinates:-   NY37134082
1Km square:-   NY3740
10Km square:-   NY34
references:-   Ford 1839 map

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 38 10) 
placename:-  Sour Nook
placename:-  Royal Oak Inn
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.
"Sour Nook (Royal Oak Inn)"

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Royal Oak
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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"Royal Oak"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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