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Crosby on Eden, Stanwix Rural
Crosby on Eden
Crosby-on-Eden
High Crosby
civil parish:-   Stanwix Rural (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY465597
1Km square:-   NY4659
10Km square:-   NY45
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series
placename:-  High Crosby
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.
"High Crosby"
evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Crosbye
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.
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"Crosbye"
circle 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Keer 1605
placename:-  Crosbye
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, probably by Pieter van den Keere, or Peter Keer, about 1605 edition perhaps 1676.
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"Crosbye"
dot, circle and tower; village 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Crosby
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.
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"Crosby"
circle, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jenner 1643
placename:-  Crosbye
source data:-   Tables of distances with a maps, Westmerland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, published by Thomas Jenner, London, 1643; published 1643-80.
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"Crosbye"
circle 
evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Crosby
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.
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"Crosby"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  High Crosby
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.
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"High Crosby"
circle and line 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  High Crosby
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 321-322  "High Crosby"
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  High Crosby
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 699-700  "High Crosby"
item:-  JandMN : 228.2
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evidence:-   old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Crosby
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Sidney Hall, published by S Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.
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"Crosby"
dot; settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 91
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  High Crosby
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"High Crosby"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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