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Brigham
civil parish:-   Brigham (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY08723032 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY0830
10Km square:-   NY03


photograph
BVK87.jpg  Brigham Row.
(taken 1.10.2011)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 54 7) 
placename:-  Brigham
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:-  Bridgeham
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.
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Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church.  "Bridgeham"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Bridgeham
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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"Bridgeham"
circle 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Bridgeham
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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"Bridgeham"
circle, building, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Bridgeham
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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"Bridgeham"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) 
placename:-  Brigham
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.
image
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In mile 10, Cumberland.  "Brigham a Vill"
two rows of houses off the road to the left. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Bridgham
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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"Bridgham"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 261) 
placename:-  Bridgham
source data:-   Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, pl.261, the end of the road from Kendal to Cockermouth and the road from Egremont to Carlisle, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.
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At mile 9-10 from Egremont. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : Lowther.36
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Simpson 1746
placename:-  Bridgeham
source data:-   Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.
image SMP4P180, button  goto source
"..."
"This Town [Cockermouth] was anciently an Hamlet to Bridgeham. which stands about a Mile off, ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Bridgham
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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"Bridgham / Ch. / V"
circle, building and tower, vicarage ALSO  "Bridgham"
further south 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Brigham
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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"Brigham"
blocks, and usually a church, labelled in upright lowercase; a village, the church to the N 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Brigham
source data:-   Map, Cumberland, scale about 15.5 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, bound in Gray's New Book of Roads, 1824, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
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"Brigham"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
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evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Brigham
source data:-   Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.
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Lw18.jpg
"Brigham"
village or other place 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Brigham
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
"Brigham"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 86
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evidence:-   old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Brigham
source data:-   Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Stree, Soho, London, 1810.
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WL13.jpg
"Brigham"
village, hamlet, house, ... 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Brigham
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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"BRIGHAM"
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Brigham
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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"Brigham"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Brigham
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.
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"Brigham"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Brigham
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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"Brigham"
map date 1909 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Brigham
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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"Brigham"
map date 1892 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Brigham
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
"Brigham"
map date 1890 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

places:-  
NY08673033 Appletree Inn (Brigham)
NY27552379 Birk's Nook (Keswick)
NY27852382 brewery, Keswick (Keswick)
NY28012395 Brigham Forge Cottages (Keswick) L
NY28082397 Brigham Forge (Keswick)
NY08483040 Brigham Hill (Brigham)
NY08663030 Brigham Memorial Hall (Brigham)
NY0830 Brigham Moss (Brigham) perhaps
NY08823058 Brigham Quarries (Brigham)
NY27492381 Brigham School (Keswick)
NY08473099 Brigham Station (Brigham)
NY08973026 Brigham: High Brigham, 36 (Brigham)
NY08603025 Brigham Hall (Brigham) L
NY08553034 Dutton House (Brigham) L
NY08523032 West Croft (Brigham) L
NY08783031 Hillarys Stores (Brigham)
NY27642383 Browfoot (Keswick)
NY27432384 Calvert's Bridge (Keswick) L
NY08483083 Chantry Well (Brigham)
NY08893032 chapel, Brigham (Brigham)
NY08953034 Croft, The (Brigham)
NY08963027 drain, Brigham (Brigham)
NY08623030 drain, Brigham (2) (Brigham)
NY08953030 Ellerlea (Brigham) L
NY08623027 Fawcett House (Brigham)
NY08673029 fingerpost, Brigham (Brigham)
NY27992395 Forge Bridge (Keswick) L
NY28272416 Forge Brow (Underskiddaw)
NY09023017 Greenbank (Brigham)
NY08823038 Grove, The (Brigham) gone
NY09153001 High Ellerbeck Bridge (Brigham)
NY28042394 house, Brigham (Keswick)
NY09033016 hydrant plate, Brigham (Brigham)
NY08893031 hydrant plate, Brigham (2) (Brigham)
NY28082397 Keswick Smelting House (Keswick)
NY08603076 Lakeland Gates (Brigham)
NY08553073 Limekiln Inn (Brigham)
NY08743080 Low Houses (Brigham)
NY08863034 Midtown Farm (Brigham) L
NY09093093 milestone, Brigham (Brigham) L
NY27992392 mill, Brigham (Keswick)
NY27942396 Myrtle Grove (Underskiddaw)
NY27872368 Nether Place (Keswick)
NY08733102 Nuns Well, The (Brigham)
NY08593099 Parsonage Farm (Brigham) L
NY09123000 pinfold, Brigham (Brigham) L
NY08263041 police station, Brigham (Brigham)
NY28272395 Keswick Big Tunnel (Keswick)
NY27532382 Row, The (Keswick)
NY09003025 Brigham School (Brigham)
NY27442381 Toll Bar Cottage (Keswick) L
NY08823094 Vicarage (Brigham) L
NY08583090 war memorial, Brigham (Brigham)
NY27822398 water trough, Keswick (Keswick)
NY27632400 Windebrowe (Keswick) L
NY08583092 St Bridget's Church (Brigham) L
NY08623079 Brigham Side Turnpike (Brigham) gone
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