Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Drumburgh, Bowness

Drumburgh, Bowness

Drumburgh

locality:-

Hadrian's Wall

civil parish:-

Bowness (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY26495978 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY2659

10Km square:-

NY25

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 15 10)
placename:- Drumburgh

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 text:- Gents Mag
item:- base line; surveying

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 1748 p.4 "..."
"I measured a base line on Burgh Marsh, after correcting the magnetical meridian; this was directed to a tree on an eminence near Drumbugh, as judging it the longest course in a plain. I carefully examined every angle from each of these stations, and fix'd the several places as specified in my draught. ..."

evidence:-

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

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.

D4NY25NE.jpg
"Drumburgh"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

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

source data:-

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

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C38555.jpg
page 555-556 "Drumburgh"
item:- JandMN : 228.2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Drumburgh

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
"Drumburgh"

item:- JandMN : 86
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evidence:-

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

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.

places:-

NY26575977 Drumburgh Castle (Bowness) L

NY27215961 Drumburgh Junction (Bowness)

NY2659 folly, Drumburgh (Bowness)

NY26485985 Grange, The (Bowness) L

NY26505979 Lowther House (Bowness)

NY26695988 Milecastle 76 (Bowness)

NY26185999 Old School, The (Bowness)

NY26225996 turret 76A, Drumburgh (Bowness)

NY26465989 Concavata (Bowness)

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