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| civil parish:- | Brougham (formerly Westmorland) | |||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| locality type:- | locality | |||
| locality type:- | buildings | |||
| coordinates:- | NY53272847 (etc) | |||
| 1Km square:- | NY5327 | |||
| 10Km square:- | NY52 | |||
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| evidence:- | old map:- Gough 1350s-60s placename:- Burgham |
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| 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. click to enlargeGgh1Cm.jpg item:- JandMN : 33 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Gough 1350s-60s placename:- Burgham |
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| source data:- | Map, lithograph facsimile, Gough Map of Britain, 20 miles to 1
inch? published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire,
1935. click to enlargeGgh2Cm.jpg item:- JandMN : 34 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Lloyd 1573 placename:- Burgham |
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| 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. click to enlargeLld1Cm.jpg "Burgh~m" item:- Hampshire Museums : FA1998.69 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) placename:- Browgham |
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| 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. MER8CumD.jpg "Browgham" circle, building/s, tower, tinted red item:- JandMN : 169 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Sanson 1679 placename:- Broughton |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland
aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of
Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about 9.5 miles
to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679. click to enlargeSAN2Cm.jpg "Broughton" circle, building and tower, flag; town? item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 placename:- Brougham placename:- Broom |
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| 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. BO18NY42.jpg "Brougham als Broom" circle, building and tower item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Pennant 1773 |
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| source data:- | Book, A Tour from Downing to Alston Moor, 1773, by Thomas
Pennant, published by Edward Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1801. goto sourcePennant's Tour 1773, page 157 "The manor was independent of the castle, and had its own lords. It was held by Odard de Burgham in the 22d of Henry II.; a Gilbert de Burgham held it about the beginning of the reign of Henry III.; from which time to I believe the present it continued, with slight interruption, either whole or divided, in the same name, or, as it was latterly written, that of Brougham; which family is now in entire possession of the manor." |
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| evidence:- | perhaps old text:- Camden 1789 item:- roman inscription; inscription, roman |
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| source data:- | Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England,
Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition
by Richard Gough, published London, 1789. goto source Page 149:- "... at the confluence of the Loder and Eymot in the year 1602 was found a stone with this inscription in honour of Constantine the Great:" "IMP. C. VAL. CONSTA- NTINO PIENT. AVG." |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) placename:- Burgham item:- pilgrimage |
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| source data:- | Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England,
Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition
by Richard Gough, published London, 1789. goto source Page 160:- "..." ""... a village called Burgham, and there is a great pilgrimage to our lady. ..."" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cooper 1808 placename:- Brougham |
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| 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. click to enlargeCOP4.jpg "Brougham" circle; village or hamlet item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd) placename:- Brougham |
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| 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. click to enlargeHA18.jpg "Brougham" circle, italic lowercase text; settlement item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.58 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Martineau 1855 item:- placename, Brougham |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet
Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland,
and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76. goto source Page 171:- "..." "The parish of Brougham, Burg-ham (meaning Castle-town) was the Brovacum of the Romans, ... The Village of Brougham passed into the hands of the Veteriponts in the reign of John or Henry III. ..." |
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| hearsay:- |
We have heard the name pronounced Bruffam, Broom and Brewam (excuse my lack of phonetic
alphabet). All these by local people. |
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