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Tom Smith's Stone, Ainstable
Tom Smith's Stone
civil parish:-   Ainstable (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   boundary stone
locality type:-   county boundary mark
locality type:-   parish boundary mark
coordinates:-   NY65184650
1Km square:-   NY6546
10Km square:-   NY64
county:-   Northumberland
current boundary
locality:-   Cumbria boundary
old boundary
locality:-   Cumberland boundary

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 33 10) 
placename:-  Tom Smith's Stone
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.
"Tom Smith's Stone / B.S."
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.
"Tom Smith's Stone"
on boundary 

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Smith Stone
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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"Smith Stone"
boundary stone on county boundary 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

hearsay:-  
The stone's faces are said to be neatly lettered:-
"K / W / A / C"
which do not match the parishes at this boundary. They could be the initials of four landowners?

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