Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Bampton

civil parish:-

Bampton (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY51501820 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY5218

10Km square:-

NY51

CCY39.jpg (taken 1.5.2015)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 13 8)
placename:- Bampton

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:-

table of distances:- Simons 1635
placename:- Banton

source data:-

Table of distances, uncoloured engraving, Westmerland ie Westmorland, with a thumbnail map, scale about 42 miles to 1 inch, by Mathew Simons, published in A Direction for the English Traviller, 1635.

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SIM3.jpg
"Banton N"
and tabulated distances
item:- private collection : 50.39
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evidence:-

hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:- Bampton

source data:-

Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Bampton"
in "Bampton"

evidence:-

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38)
placename:- Bauton

source data:-

Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, continuation of the Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.

OG38m272.jpg
In mile 272, Westmorland.
Turning left:- "to Bauton 3½"
item:- JandMN : 21
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evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Bampton

source data:-

Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.

J5NY51NW.jpg
"BAMPTON"
blocks, labelled in block caps; village or parish?
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- West 1784 map
placename:- Bampton

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.

Ws02NY51.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)
placename:- Bampton

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

CY24NY51.jpg
"Bampton"
blocks, church symbol, labelled in upright lowercase; village
item:- JandMN : 129
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Bampton

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.

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COP4.jpg
"Bampton"
circle; village or hamlet
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-

old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd)
placename:- Bampton

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.

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HA18.jpg
"Bampton"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.58
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evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag

source data:-

Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.

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Gentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.514
From the Compendium of County History:- "Stephenson, Rev. William, benefactor to his native place, Bampton."
"..."
"Sutton, Dr. Thomas, benefactor to his native parish of Bampton, Sutton Gill in that parish."

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
placename:- Bampton

source data:-

Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.

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Page 137:- "..."
"At Bampton, the Lowther is joined by the stream which issues out of Hawes Water. This is a village placed on both sides of the water. The church, vicarage, and grammar-school, are on the south side of the vale. ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Bampton

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.

FD02NY51.jpg
"Bampton"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-

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

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.