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Greenholme, Orton S
Greenholme
civil parish:-   Orton S (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY59730576 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY5905
10Km square:-   NY50


photograph
CGR28.jpg  Sign.
"GREENHOLME" (taken 6.10.2017)  

evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Greenholme
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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"Greenholme"
circle and line 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) 
placename:-  Greenholm
source data:-   Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
Page 156:-  "..."
"... [near Tebay] a mount called Castle how, with a trench thrown up to check the inroads of the Scots; as was another of the same name at Greenholm; both which mounts commanded the two great roads. ..."

places:-  
NY59690588 barn, Greenholme (Orton S)
NY59870574 Bridge End (Orton S)
NY59670577 Bridge House (Orton S)
NY59710580 bridge, Greenholme (Orton S)
NY60050530 Castle Howe (Orton S)
NY59680582 footbridge, Greenholme (Orton S)
NY60170504 gate, Tebay (2) (Tebay)
NY59850573 Greenholme Bridge (Orton S)
NY59690583 High Greenholme (Orton S)
NY60060524 Low Greenholme (Tebay)
NY59730573 post box, Greenholme (Orton S)
NY59740571 Schoolmaster's House (Orton S)
NY60180504 sheep feeder, Tebay (Tebay)
NY59690582 Yew Tree Farm (Orton S)
NY59800569 fingerpost, Greenholme (Orton S)
NY59790562 Brown Bank (Orton S)
NY59720573 Old School (Orton S) L
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