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High Swinklebank, Longsleddale
High Swinklebank
locality:-   Swinklebank
civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY49360428
1Km square:-   NY4904
10Km square:-   NY40

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BRW90.jpg (taken 17.11.2009)  
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CBC50.jpg (taken 11.7.2014)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 11) 
placename:-  High Swinklebank
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.
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"High Swinklebank"
evidence:-   census returns:- 
placename:-  High Swinklebank
placename:-  High Swinkle Bank
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  High
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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"High"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  High Swinkle Bank
placename:-  Swinkle Bank, High
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"High Swinkle Bank"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Hodgson 1828
placename:-  High Swingley Bank
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 4 sheets mounted together on linen and rolled, Plan of the County of Westmorland, scale about 1.25 inches to 1 mile, by Thomas Hodgson, engraved by W R Gardner, Harpur Street, London, published by Thomas Hodgson, Lancaster, and perhaps by C Smith, 172 Strand, London,1828.
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map courtesy of Mark Cropper
"High Swingley Bank"
item:-  private collection : 371
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evidence:-   old map:- Kendal Corn Rent Act 1836
placename:-  High Swindle Bank
source data:-   Tithe map, Plan of part of the Township of Longsleddale, Westmorland, made regarding the Kendal Corn Rent Act, ie a tithe award map, scale about 20 inches to 1 mile, Kendal, Westmorland, 1836.
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courtesy of Mark Cropper
Plan of part of the Township of Longsleddale, Westmorland, made regarding the Kendal Corn Rent Act, ie a tithe award map, scale about 20 inches to 1 mile, Kendal, Westmorland, 1836.  "HIgh SwinDle Bank"
item:-  private collection : 370
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 Kendal Corn Rent Act 1836
evidence:-   old map:- OS 1881-82 New Series (outline edition) 
source data:-   Map, engraving, area north of Kendal, Westmorland, New Series one inch map, outline edition, sheet 39, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1881-82.
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Not labelled. 
item:-  JandMN : 61
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 census records
 directory entries
evidence:-   map:- OS Six Inch (1956) 
placename:-  High Swinklebank
source data:-   Map series, various editions with the national grid, scale about 6 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s, then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on demand from digital data.
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"High Swinklebank"
evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Wilson 1913
placename:-  High Swinkle Bank
source data:-   Book, New Shepherd's Guide for Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, by Thomas Wilson, 1913.
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"James Nicholson, High Swinkle Bank; cropped and punch holed near ear, red stroke on near side from shoulder to fillets and down lisks, J N on near horn, lambs and ewes after clipping N on near side"
item:-  private collection : 329
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Gate 1879
placename:-  High Swingle Bank
source data:-   Book, New Shepherd's Guide for Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, published by Daniel Gate, Keswick, Cumberland, 1879.
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"THOMAS ATKINSON, High Swingle Bank; cropped and punch holed near, stroke on near side from shoulder to fillets and down lisk, TA on near horn."
item:-  Kendal Library : 38
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Hodgson 1849
placename:-  High Swingle Bank
source data:-   Book, Shepherd's Guide, or a Delineation of the Wool and Ear Marks of the Different Stocks of Sheep, Lancashire, Cumberland, and Westmorland, by William Hodgson, Normoss, Corney, Cumberland, 1849.
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"THOMAS FISWICK, High Swingle Bank."
"Cropped and punch holed near ear, a red stroke from the shoulder to the fillets and down the lisk on the near side, TF on the near horn."
item:-  Kendal Library : 39
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Lamb 1937
placename:-  High Swinklebank
source data:-   Book, Lamb's Shepherds' Guide for Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, by R H Lamb, published by the Herald Printing Co, Penrith, Cumberland, 1937.
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"Messrs. Dixon Bros., High Swinklebank. Cropped and punch holed near ear, a red stroke on near side from shoulder to fillets and down lisk, A D burn on near horn. Lambs, and ewes after clipping, D on near side."
item:-  Kendal Library : 40
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BSN85.jpg  Red stroke down farside shoulder.
(taken 16.4.2010)  
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BIO29.jpg  Rough Fell sheep with the High Swinklebank mark, on a pasture near Buckbarrow, Longsleddale.
Red stroke down farside shoulder.
(taken 7.3.2004)  

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BRW92.jpg (taken 17.11.2009)  
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BOI07.jpg  A small flock from High Swinklebank being moved up to the fell.
(taken 2.11.2007)  
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BRW91.jpg (taken 17.11.2009)  
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