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placename:- Holbeck Ghyll
parish Lakes parish, once in Westmorland
county:- Cumbria
building/s
coordinates:- NY392023
10Km square:- NY30

1Km square NY3902

old map:- OS County Series

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.

placename:- Holbeck House

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H

Map of the English Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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Holbeck
block, building

placename:- Holbeck
date:- 1850=1869
period:- 19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) -- probably relevant

Road book, Britannia, strip road maps, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland etc, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675; and a general map of England and Wales.
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In mile 11, Westmoreland.
House drawn on the right of the road, on the bank of a river
date:- 1675
period:- 17th century, late; 1670s

Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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