Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Beetham

Biedun

civil parish:-

Beetham (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

SD49647952 (etc)

1Km square:-

SD4979

10Km square:-

SD47

BJR98.jpg (taken 12.8.2005)
photograph

BQL36.jpg Cast iron SV plate:-
"SWRDC / W W / SV / FT IN" (taken 24.4.2009)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 46 7)
placename:- Beetham

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:- Gough 1350s-60s
placename:- Bethum

source data:-

Map, colour photozincograph copy, reduced size facsimile, Gough Map of Britain, scale about 28.5 miles to 1 inch, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1875.

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Ggh1Cm.jpg
item:- JandMN : 33
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evidence:-

old map:- Gough 1350s-60s
placename:- Bethum

source data:-

Map, lithograph facsimile, Gough Map of Britain, 20 miles to 1 inch? published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1935.

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Ggh2Cm.jpg
item:- JandMN : 34
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evidence:-

old map:- Lloyd 1573
placename:- Bethan

source data:-

Map, hand coloured copper plate engraving, Angliae Regni, Kingdom of England, with Wales, scale about 24 miles to 1 inch, authored by Humphrey Lloyd, Denbigh, Clwyd, drawn and engraved by Abraham Ortelius, Netherlands, 1573.

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Lld1Cm.jpg
"Bethan"
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA1998.69
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evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Betham

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.

Sax9SD48.jpg
Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church. "Betham"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Keer 1605
placename:- Betham

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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KER8.jpg
"Betham"
dot, circle and tower; village
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd)
placename:- Bethan

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.

SP14SD48.jpg
"Bethan"
circle, building and tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-

table of distances:- Simons 1635
placename:- Bethan

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
"Bethan S"
and tabulated distances
item:- private collection : 50.39
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evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Bethan

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.

JAN3SD47.jpg
"Bethan"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

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

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.

OG38m247.jpg
In mile 247, Westmorland.
Turning left:- "to Betham 2"
item:- JandMN : 21
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evidence:-

old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd)
placename:- Betham

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.

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SEL7.jpg
"Betham"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd)

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.

MD10SD47.jpg
Circle, tower, by a park.
item:- JandMN : 24
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evidence:-

old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
placename:- Betham

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.

SMP2SDP.jpg
"Betham"
Outline with fence palings.
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-

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

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.

BO18SD37.jpg
"Betham / V"
circle, building and tower, vicarage
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

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

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.

J5SD47NE.jpg
"BEETHAM"
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:- Betham

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.

Ws02SD47.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-

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

source data:-

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

CY24SD47.jpg
"Beethom"
blocks, no church symbol, labelled in upright lowercase; village
item:- JandMN : 129
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evidence:-

old map:- Baker 1802
placename:- Beetham

source data:-

Perspective road maps with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland, by J Baker, London 1802.

Bk03Vg26.jpg
"Beetham"
item:- private collection : 3
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:- Beetham

source data:-

Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.

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GRA1Wd.jpg
"Beetham"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Beetham

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
"Beetham"
circle; village or hamlet
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-

old map:- Wallis 1810 (Wmd)
placename:- Beethom

source data:-

Road map, Westmoreland, scale about 19 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Street, Soho, 1810, published by W Lewis, Finch Lane, London, 1835?

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WAL5.jpg
"Beethom"
village, hamlet, house, ...
item:- JandMN : 63
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evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Beetham

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.

OT02SD48.jpg
item:- JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-

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

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 152:- "..."
"Beetham is a neat village in the secluded vale of the Belo, on the new road from Lancaster to Ulverstone. ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Beetham

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.

FD02SD47.jpg
"Beetham"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-

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

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.

evidence:-

old map:- Burrow 1920s

source data:-

Road book, On the Road, Dunlop Pictorial Road Plans, volume V, strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, irregular scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.