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placename:- How Hill
parish Thursby parish, once in Cumberland
county:- Cumbria
hill
coordinates:- NY314499
10Km square:- NY34
Notice Howend at NY316497.
References Bowen 1720 (plate 261)

1Km square NY3149

old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 261)

Road book, Britannia Depicta Or Ogilby Improv'd, including road strip maps with sections in Westmorland, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, derived from maps by Ogilby, 1675, and a county map of Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, with text by John Owen, published by Emanuel Bowen, London, 1720; published 1720-64.
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At mile 32-33 from Egremont.

placename:- How Hill
date:- 1720
period:- 18th century, early; 1720s

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96)

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 33, Cumberland.
How hill
hillock to the left of the road.

placename:- How Hill
date:- 1675
period:- 17th century, late; 1670s

Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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