Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Camerton

civil parish:-

Camerton (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY03753090 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY0330

10Km square:-

NY03

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 53 4)
placename:- Camerton

source data:-

Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.

evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Cammerton

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, 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.

Sax9NY03.jpg
Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church. "Cammerton"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?)
placename:- Cammerton

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, about 1595.

MER8CumB.jpg
"Cammerton"
circle
item:- JandMN : 169
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Cammerton
placename:- Ribton

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.

SP11NY03.jpg
"Cammerton"
circle, tower AND circle, building, tower
item:- private collection : 16
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evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Cammerton
placename:- Ribton

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.

JAN3NY03.jpg
"Ribton / Cammerto~"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd)
placename:- Camerton

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.

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SEL9.jpg
"Camerton"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
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evidence:-

probably old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Ribton

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.

MD12NY03.jpg
"Ribton"
Circle, building and tower.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Camerton

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.

BO18NY02.jpg
"Camerton"
circle, tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Cammerton

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.

evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Cammerton

source data:-

Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.

places:-

NY03733091 Black Tom Inn (Camerton)

NY03943080 Camerton Colliery (Camerton) gone

NY04203162 Camerton Common (Camerton)

NY03693053 Camerton Station (Camerton)

NY03883090 Collin's Arms Inn (Camerton)

NY04193097 Dangerous Wood (Camerton)

NY03743049 footbridge, Camerton (Camerton / Great Clifton)

NY02873086 Ivy Lodge (Seaton) L

NY03553004 war memorial, Camerton (Camerton)

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