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Ash Hill Cottages, Brougham
Ash Hill Cottages
Street:-   Stank Lane
civil parish:-   Brougham (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY59392824
1Km square:-   NY5928
10Km square:-   NY52
references:-   Jefferys 1770

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 4 15) 
placename:-  Ash Hill Cottages
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:-  Stank House
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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"Stank House"
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:-   probably old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Stank Houses
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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"Stank Houses"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   previously old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Stank House
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"Stank Ho."
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

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