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Far Sawrey, Claife
Far Sawrey
civil parish:-   Claife (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD37839543 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD3795
10Km square:-   SD39


photograph
BJV11.jpg  Signpost, south of village.
(taken 16.9.2005)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 5 7) 
placename:-  Far Sawrey
placename:-  Sawrey, Far
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:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Sawrey
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.
image
OT02SD39.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Sowrey
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.
image
FD02SD39.jpg
"Sowrey"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
placename:-  Sawrey
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, a lane at Sawrey, Claife, Lancashire, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, August 1867.
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AS0416.jpg
"Sawrey. / Aug 1867 / H [P]"
page number  "19"
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.60.16
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evidence:-   perhaps old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, a hay cart, Claife, Lancashire? by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 27 August 1867.
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AS0417.jpg
"Aug 27. 1867"
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.60.17
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evidence:-   perhaps old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, a hay cart, Claife, Lancashire? by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 27 August 1867.
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AS0418.jpg
page number  "20"
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.60.18
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Sawrey
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.
image
GAR2SD39.jpg
"Sawrey"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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 Martineau Directory 1855

evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
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.
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Page 30:-  "... a trace of the rebellion of 1745 in the name of a lane, called "Scotch Gate" (way.) It was here that the fearful Highlanders were looked for, on their march to Derby; and here they might have had all their own way if they had come; for Sawrey had no idea of showing fight. All the inhabitants, carrying all their valuables, hied away, and took refuge together in a solitary building which was called Cook's braw bog-house. And braw it must have been, to hold all the Sawreyans. ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Prior 1874 map 1
placename:-  Sawrey
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1874.
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PI03M1.jpg
"Sawrey"
block/s; building/s 
item:-  private collection : 133.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Far Sawrey
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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POF7Cm.jpg
"Far Sawrey"
map date 1909 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Far Sawrey
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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PF10Cm.jpg
"Far Sawrey"
map date 1892 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

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