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Great Clifton
civil parish:-   Great Clifton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY04062971 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY0429
10Km square:-   NY02

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 54 5) 
placename:-  Great Clifton
placename:-  Clifton, Great
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:-   perhaps old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Clyfton
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church.  "Clyfton"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Clyston
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.
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"Clyston"
circle 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Cliston
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"Cliston"
circle, building, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Cliston
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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"Cliston"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   perhaps old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Cliston
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.
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"Cliston"
Circle. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Clifton Magna
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.
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"Clifton Mag / R"
circle, building and tower, rectory 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Great Cliffton
placename:-  Cliffton, Great
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.
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"Great Cliffton"
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:-  Great Clifton
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 317-318  "Great Clifton"
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Great Clifton
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 557-558  "Great Clifton"
item:-  JandMN : 228.2
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Great Clifton
source data:-   Map, Cumberland, scale about 15.5 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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"Gr. Clifton"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Clifton
source data:-   Map, The Lakes, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 8.5 miles to 1 inch, engravedby Neele and Son, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
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"Clifton"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Great Clifton
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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"Gt. Clifton"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 86
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evidence:-   old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Great Clifton
source data:-   Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Stree, Soho, London, 1810.
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"Gt. Clifton"
village, hamlet, house, ... 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Great Clifton
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.
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"Gt. Clifton"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Great Clifton
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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"Gt. Clifton"
map date 1909 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Great Clifton
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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"Gt. Clifton"
map date 1892 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1823
placename:-  Clifton
source data:-   Post road map, The Circulation of Letters, a General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, General Post Office, London, 1823.
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"Clifton"
map date 1823 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

places:-  
NY04092955 chapel, Great Clifton (Great Clifton) gone
NY04132929 Clifton Hall (Great Clifton)
NY04142971 Clifton Lodge (Great Clifton) gone?
NY03972977 Lowther Street (Great Clifton)
NY04082957 Great Clifton: Middlegate, 5 (Great Clifton) L
NY04052982 William Street (Great Clifton)
NY04092954 house, Great Clifton (Great Clifton)
NY04082934 lodge, Clifton Hall (Great Clifton)
NY03412961 milestone, Great Clifton (Great Clifton)
NY03792951 Parrot Well (Great Clifton)
NY04422937 police station, Great Clifton (Great Clifton)
NY04072980 Great and Little Clifton Board School (Great Clifton)
NY04182943 Ship Inn (Great Clifton)
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