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The following appear as names for Hesket in the Forest. Follow the links for what the author actually said:
Name | Author | Source |
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HESKET | John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). |
HESKET IN THE FOREST | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). | |
HESKET LOW AND HIGH | John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). |
HESKET NETHER AND UPPER | John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). |
HESKET NETHER AND UPPER OR LOW AND HIGH | John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). |
LOW AND HIGH HESKET | John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). |
NETHER AND UPPER HESKET | John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). |
NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:
These names were used for units associated with Hesket in the Forest. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:
Name | Unit Type | Source |
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HESKET | Parish-level Unit (CP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 53. |
HESKET IN THE FOREST | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 53. |
Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 53. |
NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Hesket in the Forest, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:
Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Hesket in the Forest, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hesket in the Forest, in Eden and Cumberland | Place names, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3770/names
Date accessed: 21st October 2024