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Dodgie Raise, Barton
Dodgie Raise
civil parish:-   Barton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   field
coordinates:-   NY48002500
1Km square:-   NY4825
10Km square:-   NY42
SummaryText:-   pair of fields

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 7 6) 
placename:-  Dodgie Raise
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 text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Dodgey Rays
item:-  proverb
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.
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Page 40:-  "..."
"Opposite to Barton school-house is a field called Dodgey-Rays, whither Mr Wilson used always to send any of his boys who were imperfect in their tasks, in order to get them better. So common and well known was this punishment, that to send a person to Dodgey-Rays is become a proverbial expression in this county."

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