Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	Adam's Cross, St John's Castlerigg etc
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	Adam's Cross
locality:-	Shoulthwaite (near)
civil parish:-	St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	cross
coordinates:-	NY30782035 (?)
1Km square:-	NY3020
10Km square:-	NY32
evidence:-	old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 16)  placename:-  Adam's Cross
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. "Adam's Cross" Marked by the side of the road, before present day widening.
evidence:-	old text:- Clarke 1787 placename:-  Adam's Cross
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.   goto source Page 107:-  "..." "Close to this road [at Castlerigg] is a place called Adam's Cross, (see plate IX.;) it consists of a mound of earth, with a large stone upon it, but what relation this has to the road itself I cannot determine."
evidence:-	old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ambleside to Keswick)  placename:-  Adam's Cross
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. CL9NY31E.jpg "Adam's Cross" Marked by a dot and circle.  item:-  private collection : 10.9 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old print:- Calverley 1899 item:-  cross; Adam's Cross; boundary mark; Dalegarth; Marshall, Mr
source data:-	A cross cut in a rock made about the middle of the 19th century to mark a boundary between the manor of Dalegarth and property of Mr Marshall. "Such items as these are worth noting, to forestall errors."

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