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Wreay, St Cuthbert Without
Wreay
Reeah
civil parish:-   St Cuthbert Without (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY43554891 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY4348
10Km square:-   NY44

photograph
CBF93.jpg (taken 25.7.2014)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 31 5) 
placename:-  Wreay
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:-   probably old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Petterel Wray
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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MER8CumC.jpg
"Petterel wray"
circle 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Petterellwrey
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.
image
SP11NY44.jpg
"Petterellwrey"
circle, building, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Petterellwrey
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.
image
JAN3NY44.jpg
"Petterellwrey"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Sanson 1679
placename:-  Petterellwrey
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about 9.5 miles to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679.
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SAN2Cm.jpg
"Petterellwrey"
circle, building and tower, flag; town? 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Petterell Wrey
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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MD12NY44.jpg
"Petterell Wrey"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  Petterel Wray
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Cumberland North from London, scale about 11 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
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BD10.jpg
"Petterel w."
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality 
item:-  JandMN : 115
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Petterel Wray
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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BO18NY44.jpg
"Petterel Wray"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Wreay
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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D4NY44NW.jpg
"Wreay"
blocks, and usually a church, labelled in upright lowercase; a village 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Wreay
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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FD02NY44.jpg
"Wreay"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Wreay
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.
image
GAR2NY45.jpg
"Wreay"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Wreay
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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POF7Cm.jpg
"Wreay"
map date 1909 
evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Wreay
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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POF2Cm.jpg
"Wreay"
map date 1890 
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 images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

photograph
CBF94.jpg  Wreay's flag.
(taken 25.7.2014)  
A flag for the village was designed by three ex-servicemen. The green of nature, yellow of sunshine, clay pipes of the Twelve Men of Wreay, and the Wreay silver bell.

photograph
CBF95.jpg  Wreay's silver bell
(taken 25.7.2014)  
A silver bell was bequeathed to Wreay school by Mr Graham of Barrock Park. It is inscribed:-
"[Wrey Chapple, 1655]"
The rumbler bell was the prize for cockfighting on the village green on Shrove Tuesday.
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