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Bruthwaite Forest, Midgeholme
Bruthwaite Forest
civil parish:-   Midgeholme (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   forest
coordinates:-   NY60945758 (etc etc) 
1Km square:-   NY6057
10Km square:-   NY65

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 18 16) 
placename:-  Brierthwaite Forest
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.
"BRIERTHWAITE FOREST"

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Bruthwaite Forest
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.
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"Bruthwaite Forest"
area 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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