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placename:- Stanah
locality:- Legburthwaite
parish St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn parish, once in Cumberland
county:- Cumbria
building/s
coordinates:- NY32021900
10Km square:- NY31

1Km square NY3219

old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ambleside to Keswick)

Map series, lakes and roads to the Lakes, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, London, included in A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, published by James Clarke, Penrith, and in London etc, from 1787 to 1793.
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Stanah

placename:- Stanah
house
date:- 1787
period:- 18th century, late; 1780s

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 24, Cumberland.
House 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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