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Ghyll Foot, Grasmere
Ghyll Foot
Gill Foot
locality:-   Grasmere
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY33190954
1Km square:-   NY3309
10Km square:-   NY30


photograph
BLP89.jpg (taken 15.2.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 18 12) 
placename:-  Gill Foot
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:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Gill Foot
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
J5NY31SW.jpg
"Gill Foot"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ambleside to Keswick) 
placename:-  Gillfoot
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Roads Lakes etc between Keswick and Ambleside, scale about 2.5 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.
image
CL9NY30J.jpg
"Gillfoot"
item:-  private collection : 10.9
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Ghyll Foot
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"GHYLL FOOT / / / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 452092 / NY3320709553"

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