Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| Killhope Cross, Alston Moor | ||
| Killhope Cross | ||
| locality:- | road, Alston to Barnard Castle | |
| civil parish:- | Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | cross | |
| locality type:- | county boundary mark | |
| locality type:- | boundary mark | |
| coordinates:- | NY79934323 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7943 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY74 | |
| county:- | Durham | |
| old boundary | ||
| locality:- | Cumberland boundary | |
| current boundary | ||
| locality:- | Cumbria boundary | |
| references:- | OS County Series |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 42 4) placename:- Killhope Cross |
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| 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. "Killhope Cross" on boundary |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Killhope Cross |
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| 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. D4NY84SW.jpg "Killhope Cross" cross on county boundary item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cooke 1802 placename:- Kilhope Cross |
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| source data:- | Map, Cumberland, scale about 15.5 miles to 1 inch, by George
Cooke, 1802, bound in Gray's New Book of Roads, 1824, published
by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824. click to enlargeGRA1Cd.jpg "Kilhope Cro" locality item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Killhope Cross |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "KILLHOPE CROSS / / A689 / ALSTON MOOR / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73097 / NY7993043231" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Boundary marker of uncertain date but possibly medieval; moved to its present site in C18. Single stone, c3 ft high, in form of Latin cross; stands on square base bearing bench mark. Carved lettering on all faces, much weathered. On border between Cumbria and County Durham." |
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