Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Ireleth, Askam and Ireleth

Ireleth, Askam and Ireleth

Ireleth

locality:-

Askam in Furness

civil parish:-

Askam and Ireleth (formerly Lancashire)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

SD22187760 (etc)

1Km square:-

SD2277

10Km square:-

SD27

CCS06.jpg Ireleth Road, the main road through.
(taken 27.3.2015)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Lan 15 8)
placename:- Ireleth

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:-

possibly old map:- West 1784 map
placename:- Kirby Ireleth

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.

Ws02SD17.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

probably old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:- Kirkby Ireleth

source data:-

Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, 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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Lw18.jpg
"Kirkby Ireleth 277½"
village or other place; distance from London
item:- private collection : 18.18
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Ireleth

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.

OT02SD27.jpg
item:- JandMN : 48.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Kirkby Ireleth

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.

FD02SD27.jpg
"Kirkby Ireleth"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

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

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.