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Keskadale Farm, Above Derwent
Keskadale Farm
civil parish:-   Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY21051928
1Km square:-   NY2119
10Km square:-   NY21


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CBA94.jpg (taken 9.7.2014)  
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BSD31.jpg (taken 10.2.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 63 16) 
placename:-  Keskadale
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:-  Keskadale
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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D4NY21NW.jpg
"Keskadale"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
image WS21P132, button  goto source
Page 132:-  "... Above Keskadale, the last houses in Newland, no traces of human industry appear. ..."

evidence:-   probably (there's not much else there) old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Keskcadale
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
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Ws02NY12.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
Image © see bottom of page


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BSD32.jpg (taken 10.2.2010)  

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