Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Colton

civil parish:-

Colton (formerly Lancashire)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

SD31718607 (etc)

1Km square:-

SD3186

10Km square:-

SD38

evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:- Loulton

source data:-

Map, Lancashire, scale about 18 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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GRA1La.jpg
"Loulton"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.6
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evidence:-

old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:- Coulton

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
"Coulton"
village or other place
item:- private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Coulton

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.

OT02SD38.jpg
item:- JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-

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

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.