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Stake, Underskiddaw
civil parish:-   Underskiddaw (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Threlkeld (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Mungrisdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   boundary stone
locality type:-   parish boundary mark
locality type:-   estate boundary mark
coordinates:-   NY29612880
1Km square:-   NY2928
10Km square:-   NY22
SummaryText:-   The boundary marked appears to be between four different land owners, and happens to be at a parish boundary.


photograph
BPC18.jpg (taken 22.4.2008)  
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BPC19.jpg  Inscribed stone:-
"EH / [J]" (taken 22.4.2008)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 56 7) 
placename:-  Stake, The
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.
"The Stake / Boundary Post"


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BPC20.jpg  Inscribed stone:-
"CH / 6" (taken 22.4.2008)  
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BPC21.jpg  Inscribed stone:-
"IL / 7" (taken 22.4.2008)  
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BPC22.jpg  Inscribed stone:-
"CH / 6" "LE / 9" (taken 22.4.2008)  

hearsay:-  
The landowners suggested are:-
EH Edward Hassell
IL James Lowther
CH Charles Howard
LE Lord Egremont
and the numbers perhaps the distance to their seats.

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