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Armboth, St John's Castlerigg etc
Armboth
civil parish:-   St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
coordinates:-   NY305171
1Km square:-   NY3017
10Km square:-   NY31
SummaryText:-   Whatever was the hamlet of Armboth was flooded when the lakes became a reservoir.
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 70 8) 
placename:-  Armboth
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:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Armebath
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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"Armebath"
circle 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Armebath
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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"Armebath"
circle, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Armebath
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.
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"Armebath"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Armeboth
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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"Armeboth"
Drawing of a house. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Armeboth
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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"Armeboth"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Armbath
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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"Armbath"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Armboth
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
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Page 117:-  "..."
"From the top of the hill in Leathes Park is a view of Armboth, which is situated on the other side of the lake; the sight is very unexpected, and exhibits a few cottages sheltered from the north, surrounded by fine rich cultivated plains, with the lake in front: at this sweet retirement lives Mr Jackson, who possesses the manor, which is small, but abounds in game; he likewise claims a right of navigation upon the lake."
evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ambleside to Keswick) 
placename:-  Armboth
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Roads Lakes etc between Keswick and Ambleside, scale about 2.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"Armboth"
item:-  private collection : 10.9
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evidence:-   old text:- Green 1810
placename:-  Armbath
source data:-   Set of prints, soft ground etchings, Sixty Studies from Nature, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, drawn 1808-10, published 1810.
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page 56:-  "..."
"Between the head of the lake and Armbath, the property and residence of Mr. Jackson, is a fine view of the upper and lower waters, elegantly adorned on their margins with woods, and screened on the sides by the How and Raven Crag; ..."
evidence:-   old print:- Green 1814 (plate 25) 
placename:-  Armbath
item:-  cattle
source data:-   Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Leaths Water from Armbath, ie Thirlmere, St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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Plate 25 in Sixty Small Prints. 
printed at top right:-  "25"
printed at bottom:-  "LEATHS WATER FROM ARMBATH. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6656.25
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1814 (plate 25) 
placename:-  Armbath
item:-  cattle
source data:-   Print, tinted soft ground etching, Leaths Water from Armbath, ie Thirlmere, St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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Plate 25 in Sixty Small Prints. 
printed at top right:-  "25"
printed at bottom:-  "LEATHS WATER FROM ARMBATH. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6653.25
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Armboth
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.
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item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, farm buildings at Armboth, St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS395
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  footbridge
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, footbridge, Armboth, St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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internegative at lower left:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS397
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