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Gleaston, Aldingham
Gleaston
Glasserton
civil parish:-   Aldingham (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD255707
1Km square:-   SD2570
10Km square:-   SD27

evidence:-   old map:- Lloyd 1573
placename:-  Gleston
source data:-   Map, hand coloured copper plate engraving, Angliae Regni, Kingdom of England, with Wales, scale about 24 miles to 1 inch, authored by Humphrey Lloyd, Denbigh, Clwyd, drawn and engraved by Abraham Ortelius, Netherlands, 1573.
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"Gleston"
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA1998.69
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evidence:-   old map:- Sanson 1679
placename:-  Glayston
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about 9.5 miles to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679.
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"Glayston"
circle, building and tower, flag; town? 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Gleaston
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
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OT02SD27.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Gleaston
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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"Gleaston"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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