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garden, Hawkshead
gone
locality:-   Hawkshead
civil parish:-   Hawkshead (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   garden
coordinates:-   SD35329808
1Km square:-   SD3598
10Km square:-   SD39

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 5 2) 
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.
A quarter of the area shown in 1770, and little but grass and a couple of trees? 

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
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
J5SD39NE.jpg
formal garden 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

observation:-  
Today, 2012, what you'd expect: some buildings, and a car park.

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