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Bennethead, Matterdale
Bennethead
civil parish:-   Matterdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY44202383 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY4423
10Km square:-   NY42

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 66 1) 
placename:-  Bennethead
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.

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Bennethead
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.
image
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"Bennethead"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Benethead Villages
item:-  placename, Bennethead
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
image CL13P025, button  goto source
page 25:-  "..."
"Benethead-Banks, and Benethead-Villages, have undoubtedly taken their names from this monastery [suggested religious house on Dunmallard Hill], as lying at the upper end of its territories. ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ullswater) 
placename:-  Benetthead
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Lake Ullswater and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"Benetthead"
item:-  private collection : 10.4
Image © see bottom of page

places:-  
NY44102384 Bennethead (Matterdale) L
NY44072378 Croft, The (Matterdale) L
NY43902430 Red Mire (Matterdale)
NY44292374 sawmill, Bennethead (Matterdale) gone
NY44042382 sheepfold, Bennethead (Matterdale)
NY44472385 Wreay Farm (Matterdale)
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