Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Casterton

civil parish:-

Casterton (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

SD62427966 (etc)

1Km square:-

SD6279

10Km square:-

SD67

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 48 5)
placename:- Casterton

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:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Casterton

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.

BO18SD68.jpg
"Casterton"
circle and line
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

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

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.

J5SD67NW.jpg
"Casterton"
blocks, labelled in upright lowercase text; settlement; town?
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821)

source data:-

Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.

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Tour to the Caves in the West Riding of Yorkshire, late 18th century
Page 243:- "..."
"... The Roman road is easily traced from Ribchester ... to Overborough; afterwards the Roman road goes through Casterton and Middleton, and, as some think, by Borrow-bridge and Orton, to Apulby."

evidence:-

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

source data:-

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

CY24SD67.jpg
"Casterton"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet
item:- JandMN : 129
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evidence:-

road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
placename:- Casterton

source data:-

Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.

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C38659.jpg
page 659-660 "Casterton, Westm."
item:- JandMN : 228.2
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:- Casterton

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

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Casterton

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

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

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
"Casterton"
village, hamlet, house, ...
item:- JandMN : 63
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evidence:-

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

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
"Casterton"
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.513
From the Compendium of County History:- "Garnett, Dr. Thomas, physician and natural philosopher, Casterton, 1766."

evidence:-

old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
placename:- Higher Casterton
placename:- Casterton, Higher

source data:-

Drawing, pencil, trees and rocks, Casterton, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, April 1852.

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AS0302.jpg
"Higher Casterton Apl 1852."
page number "13/(2a)"
item:- Armitt Library : 1958.390.2
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evidence:-

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

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.