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Hill, Whitwell and Selside
Hill
civil parish:-   Whitwell and Selside (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY54310094
1Km square:-   NY5400
10Km square:-   NY50

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 34 1) 
placename:-  Hill
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.
"Hill"

evidence:-   possibly hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Hill
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Hill"
in  "Whinfield Constablewick"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Hill
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.
image
J5NY50SW.jpg
"Hill"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Hell
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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CY24NY50.jpg
"Hell"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

notes:-  
This is perhaps refered to by Somervell:-
"one of the old mill stones was in the floor of Primrose Hill, the ruined farm just opposite [mill, Fawcett Forest on Bannisdale Beck]"

Somervell, John: 1930: Water Power Mills of South Westmorland

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