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Holme Park, Holme
Holme Park
civil parish:-   Holme (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   park (gone?) 
coordinates:-   SD53027934
1Km square:-   SD5379
10Km square:-   SD57

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 47 5) 
placename:-  Holme Park House
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:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38) 
placename:-  Holmes Park
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, continuation of the Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In mile 246, Westmorland.  "Holmes Park"
paling fence for a mile on the right of the road. 
item:-  JandMN : 21
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.
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Ring of fence palings, trees. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 93) 
placename:-  Holmes Park
source data:-   Strip maps, uncoloured engravings, road maps, The Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections in Lancashire and Westmorland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.
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At mile 246-247, drawn with fence palings. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.100
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Holmes Park
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
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"Holmes P."
Outline with fence palings. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Holm Park
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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"Holm Park"
outline of fence palings 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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