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Great Orton, Orton N
Great Orton
Orton
civil parish:-   Orton N (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY32835403 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3254
10Km square:-   NY35


photograph
BZY09.jpg (taken 28.2.2014)  
photograph
BUE97.jpg  Village sign.
(taken 11.3.2011)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 22 12) 
placename:-  Great Orton
placename:-  Orton, 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:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Orton
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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Sax9NY35.jpg
Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church.  "Orton"
item:-  private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Orton
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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MER8CumC.jpg
"Orton"
circle 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Orton
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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SP11NY35.jpg
"Orton"
circle, building, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Jenner 1643
placename:-  Owton
source data:-   Tables of distances with a maps, Westmerland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, published by Thomas Jenner, London, 1643; published 1643-80.
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JEN4Sq.jpg
"Owton"
circle 

evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Orton
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.
image
JAN3NY35.jpg
"Orton"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Orton
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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MD12NY35.jpg
"Orton"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Orton 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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BO18NY35.jpg
"Orton Mag / R"
circle, building and tower, rectory 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Great Orton
placename:-  Orton, 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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D4NY35SW.jpg
"Great Orton"
blocks, and usually a church, labelled in upright lowercase; a village 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Orton
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Sidney Hall, published by S Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.
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HA14.jpg
"Orton"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 91
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Great Orton
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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FD02NY35.jpg
"Grt. Orton"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Great Orton
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.
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GAR2NY35.jpg
"Gt. Orton"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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photograph
BUE96.jpg  Village sign, and a 'beacon' cresset.
(taken 11.3.2011)  

notes:-  
site of a protective earthwork round the village

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6

places:-  
NY62400798 bridge, Orton (Orton S)
NY32845436 Broad View (Orton N)
NY62490767 Curlew Corner (Orton S)
NY32865368 fingerpost, Great Orton (Orton N)
NY32875428 fingerpost, Great Orton (2) (Orton N)
NY32885317 fingerpost, Great Orton (3) (Orton N)
NY62250812 gate, Orton (Orton S)
NY62220816 George Hotel (Orton S)
NY62160827 Greystone Cottage (Orton S)
NY62370793 Hall Farm (Orton S)
NY62500827 Hill Top (Orton S)
NY62450815 Holes (Orton S)
NY62460853 house, Orton (2) (Orton S)
NY32945426 Huntington Place (Orton N)
NY62440852 Ingmoor (Orton S)
NY62150831 Kirkland House (Orton S)
NY32825419 Limes, The (Orton N)
NY62220824 Market Hall (Orton S)
NY62030771 Martinagap Lane (Orton S)
NY61810826 Mazongill (Orton S)
NY32825414 Midtown Farm (Orton N)
NY62420855 mill, Orton (Orton S)
NY32845437 North End (Orton N)
NY62290800 Oak, The (Orton S)
NY32855433 Old Rectory, The (Orton N) L
NY62270806 Old School House (Orton S)
NY62530780 Orton Hall (Orton S) L
NY62240813 Orton Liberal Club (Orton S)
NY62410834 Orton Methodist Church (Orton S)
NY62220822 Kennedys Fine Chocolates (Orton S)
NY62150831 New Village Tea Rooms (Orton S)
NY62150828 Stores and Post Office, The (Orton S)
NY62430832 pinfold, Orton (Orton S) gone
NY62300851 rain gauge, Orton (Orton S)
NY62460853 Redmayne House (Orton S)
NY32885426 roadsign, Great Orton (Orton N)
NY32855394 Ross Arms Inn (Orton N) gone
NY32825372 Great Orton School (Orton N)
NY32895315 Field View Cottage (Orton N)
NY62420809  (Orton S)
NY62210807 school, Orton (2) (Orton S)
NY32895429 St Giles's Church (Orton N) L
NY62190831 stocks, Orton (Orton S) gone
NY62190823 Swan Villa (Orton S)
NY62430828 Temperance Hall (Orton S)
NY62380845 Town Head House (Orton S) L
NY62340847 Vicarage, The (Orton S)
NY32865400 Great Orton Village Hall (Orton N)
NY32875431 war memorial, Great Orton (Orton N)
NY62170831 Waverley Temperance Hotel (Orton S)
NY32865366 Wellington Inn (Orton N)
NY6208 Duke of Cumberland (Orton S)
NY32835428 Cross House Farm (Orton N) L
NY62240812 Petty Hall (Orton S) L
NY62220839 All Saints Church (Orton S) L
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