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Corby Gates Farm, Alston Moor
Corby Gates Farm
Corby Gates
civil parish:-   Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY73324710
1Km square:-   NY7347
10Km square:-   NY74

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 34 9) 
placename:-  Corbygates
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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Corbygate
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.
image
D4NY74NW.jpg
"Corbygate"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

notes:-  
Possible tower in the middle of a line of barns

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6

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