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Long Moss, Penrith
Long Moss
civil parish:-   Penrith (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   moss
coordinates:-   NY51823671 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY5136
10Km square:-   NY53

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 49 4) 
placename:-  Long Moss
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:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38) 
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, continuation of the Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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OG38m282.jpg
In mile 284, Cumberland. 
Turning right:-  "to the Moss"
item:-  JandMN : 21
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