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placename:- Skelsmergh
parish Skelsmergh parish, once in Westmorland
county:- Cumbria
locality
coordinates:- SD5296
10Km square:- SD59

1Km square SD5296

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760

New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, published by T Bowles, John Bowles and Son, Robert Sayer, and John Tinney, 1760; published 1760-87.
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Skelsmore
no settlement symbol; outline of fence palings

placename:- Skelsmore
park
date:- 1760
period:- 18th century, late; 1760s

old map:- Saxton 1576

Map, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576; published 1579-1645.
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Tower, symbol for a house, hall, tower, etc.
Sleelmere
Settlement drawn in a park, fence palings, trees.

placename:- Sleelmere
county:- Westmorelandia
house
date:- 1576
period:- 16th century, late; 1570s

hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675

Skelsmoore
in
Patton and Skelsmoore

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

Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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