Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Blennerhasset

Blennerhasset

civil parish:-

Blennerhasset and Torpenhow (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY17854154 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY1741

10Km square:-

NY14

CGI10.jpg (taken 4.8.2017)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 36 10)
placename:- Blennerhasset

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:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Blynroset

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.

Sax9NY14.jpg
Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus. "Blynroset"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Blynroset

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.

SP11NY14.jpg
"Blynroset"
circle, tower
item:- private collection : 16
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evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Blynroset

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.

JAN3NY14.jpg
"Blynroset"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96)
placename:- Blinrosset

source data:-

Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.

OG96Bm20.jpg
In mile 22, Cumberland.
Turning left:- "a."
referring to a label in a space to the right:- "a. to Blinrosset"
item:- JandMN : 22
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (EW)
placename:- Blennerhasset

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, England, including Wales, scale about 27 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale Awnsham and John Churchil, London, about 1695.

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MRD3Cm.jpg
"Blennerhasset"
circle; village or town
item:- JandMN : 339
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Blennerhasset

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.

MD12NY14.jpg
"Blennerhasse[t]"
Circle.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

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

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.

BO18NY14.jpg
"Blenerhaffet"
circle, tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Blennerhasset

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.

D4NY14SE.jpg
"Blennerhasset"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Blenerhasset

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.

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COP3.jpg
"Blenerhasset"
circle; village or hamlet
item:- JandMN : 86
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evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Blennerhasset

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.

FD02NY14.jpg
"Blennerhasset"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-

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

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.