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Rutherford, Nicholforest
once
perhaps
Rutherford
civil parish:-   Nicholforest (formerly Cumberland) (?) 
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
1Km square:-   NY4478 (guess) 
10Km square:-   NY47
references:-   Burleigh 1590

evidence:-   old map:- Burghley 1590 (facsimile) 
placename:-  Rutherforde
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
image
M048NY47.jpg
"Rutherforde"
circle, tower, cross 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : MS6113 f.267
Image © National Library of Scotland

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