Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Hoff

civil parish:-

Hoff (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY67511755 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY6717

10Km square:-

NY61

BWF69.jpg (taken 13.4.2012)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 15 6)
placename:- Hoff

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:- Hoffe

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.

Sax9NY61.jpg
Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus. "Hoffe"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd)
placename:- Hoffe

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.

SP14NY61.jpg
"Hoffe"
circle, tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Hoffe

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.

JAN3NY61.jpg
"Hoffe"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd)
placename:- Upper Hoffe

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.

MD10NY61.jpg
"Upper Hoffe"
Circle, building and tower.
item:- JandMN : 24
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evidence:-

old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
placename:- Upper Hoffe

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.

SMP2NYQ.jpg
"Up. Hoffe"
Building.
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Upper Hoff

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.

BO18NY51.jpg
"Upper Hoff"
no symbol
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Hough

source data:-

Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.

J5NY61NE.jpg
"Hough"
blocks, labelled in upright lowercase text; settlement; town?
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)
placename:- Hough

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

CY24NY61.jpg
"Hough"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet
item:- JandMN : 129
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evidence:-

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

source data:-

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

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C38315.jpg
page 315-316 "Hough"
item:- JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:- Hough

source data:-

Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.

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GRA1Wd.jpg
"Hough"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4
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evidence:-

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

source data:-

Road map, Continuation of the Roads to Glasgow and Edinburgh, 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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Lw21.jpg
"Hough 283¾"
village or other place; distance from London
item:- private collection : 18.21
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evidence:-

old map:- Wallis 1810 (Wmd)
placename:- Hough

source data:-

Road map, Westmoreland, scale about 19 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Street, Soho, 1810, published by W Lewis, Finch Lane, London, 1835?

evidence:-

old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd)
placename:- Hoff

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.