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Slack Head, Beetham
Slack Head
civil parish:-   Beetham (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD49327891 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD4978
10Km square:-   SD47

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 46 7) 
placename:-  Slack Head
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:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Slack Head
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.
image
J5SD47NE.jpg
"Slack Head"
blocks, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, village? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Slack Head
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24SD47.jpg
"Slack Head"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

places:-  
SD49337873 Deepdale Farm (Beetham)
SD488786 High Cote (Beetham)
SD49337921 Hubersty House (Beetham)
SD48877875 Rocksborrow (Beetham) gone?
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