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placename:- Setmurthy Common
locality:- Setmurthy
parish Setmurthy parish, once in Cumberland
county:- Cumbria
wood
coordinates:- NY1631
10Km square:- NY13

1Km square NY1631

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96)

Compared with elsewhere the area to the right is not mountainous.
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 miles 39 and 40, Cumberland.
Road ascends and descends a large hill.
Mountainous
labelling the area right of the road.
date:- 1675
period:- 17th century, late; 1670s

Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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