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Broad Head, Grayrigg
Broad Head
civil parish:-   Grayrigg (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD58849658
1Km square:-   SD5896
10Km square:-   SD59


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BNP31.jpg (taken 18.4.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 34 11) 
placename:-  Broad Head
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:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Broad head
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Broad head"
in  "Grayrigge"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Broad Head
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.
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J5SD59NE.jpg
"Broad Head"
no symbol 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

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