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Lane Head, Mungrisdale
Lane Head
civil parish:-   Mungrisdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY37462705
1Km square:-   NY3727
10Km square:-   NY32

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 57 10) 
placename:-  Lanehead
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:-  Lanehead
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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"Lanehead"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Lane Head
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
image CY38p733, button  goto source
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page 733-734  "Lane Head"
item:-  JandMN : 228.2
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BWD76.jpg  View WSW from the entrance lane,
(taken 26.3.2012)  

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