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Tills Hole, Longsleddale
Tills Hole
Till's Hole
civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY48500512
1Km square:-   NY4805
10Km square:-   NY40


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BSN86.jpg (taken 16.4.2010)  
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BQX78.jpg (taken 28.6.2009)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 7) 
placename:-  Tills Hole
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:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 7) 
placename:-  Till's Hole
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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"Till's Hole"

evidence:-   census returns:- 
placename:-  Tilshole
placename:-  Tillshole
placename:-  Tills Hole
placename:-  Tills Hall

 old parish register (formerly )

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Ingshole
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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"Ingshole"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Ingshole
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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"Ingshole"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Hodgson 1828
placename:-  Hole
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
"Hole"
item:-  private collection : 371
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evidence:-   old map:- Kendal Corn Rent Act 1836
placename:-  Tills Hole
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.  "TILLS HOLE"
item:-  private collection : 370
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 Kendal Corn Rent Act 1836

evidence:-   old map:- Fields 1875
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courtesy of Ruth Fishwick

evidence:-   descriptive text:- 
source data:-   Royal Commission on Historical Monuments in England: 1936: Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland: HMSO "[17th century, 2 storey, rubble walls, slate roofs] ... contains a three-stage cupboard of the local type, with one carved panel, pendants and fascia with the date 1691."

evidence:-   textbook:- EPNS Westmorland 1967
placename:-  Tillzhole
placename:-  Tilshole
source data:-   Book, The Place Names of Westmorland, two volumes, by A H Smith, published for the English Place Name Society by Cambridge University Press, Cambridgeshire, 1967

 census records

 directory entries

evidence:-   map:- OS Six Inch (1956) 
placename:-  Tills Hole
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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"Tills Hole"

evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Wilson 1913
placename:-  Till's Hole
source data:-   Book, New Shepherd's Guide for Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, by Thomas Wilson, 1913.
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"Thomas Park, Till's Hole; forked near ear, red stroke from fillets to far side of tail, stroke up from near hock bone over and across the other and down far buttock, T P on far horn. Inside sheep P on far hook."
item:-  private collection : 329
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Gate 1879
placename:-  Till's Hole
source data:-   Book, New Shepherd's Guide for Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, published by Daniel Gate, Keswick, Cumberland, 1879.
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"ROBERT HUDSON, Till's Hole; forked near, stroke from fillets to far side of tail, stroke from near hock bone over and across the other and down far buttock, RH on horn."
item:-  Kendal Library : 38
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Walker 1817
placename:-  Tilshole
source data:-   Shepherds guide, The Shepherd's Guides or a Delineation of the Wool and Ear Marks on the Different Stocks of Sheep ..., in Westmorland, by Joseph Walker, printed by W Stephen, Penrith, Cumberland, 1817.
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courtesy of George Akrigg
"No.6 - THOMAS HUDSON, Tilshole:"
"Sharp bottomed fork near ear, a red cross on the far huck bone, TH on the horns."
item:-  private collection : 91
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Lamb 1937
placename:-  Tills Hole
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. J.and M. Fishwick, Tills Hole. Forked near ear, red stroke from fillets to far side of tail, another from near hook bone over and across the other and down far buttock."
item:-  Kendal Library : 40
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BIQ28.jpg  Swaledale sheep and lamb with the Sadghyll mark.
Red M on nearside rib. The M stands for Mattinson, earlier owners of the farm, it gets very indistinct as the sheep grows older.
(taken 22.4.2004)  


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BQX79.jpg (taken 28.6.2009)  
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BJK16.jpg (taken 2.5.2005)  
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BPF82.jpg (taken 24.5.2008)  
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BQY24.jpg (taken 29.6.2009)  
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BSM35.jpg  A tree by the lane to Tills Hole.
(taken 29.6.2009)  
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CAB24.jpg  A tree by the lane to Tills Hole.
(taken 10.3.2014)  


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CDQ02.jpg  1950s?
 courtesy of Nial Barnes

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