Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Kaber

civil parish:-

Kaber (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY79701156 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY7911

10Km square:-

NY71

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 23 8)
placename:- Kaber

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:- Caber

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.

Sax9NY71.jpg
Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus. "Caber"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

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

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.

SP14NY71.jpg
"Caber"
circle, tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Caber

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.

JAN3NY71.jpg
"Caber"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd)
placename:- Caber

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.

MD10NY71.jpg
"Caber"
Circle.
item:- JandMN : 24
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Caber

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.

BO18NY71.jpg
"Caber"
circle and line
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

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

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.

J5NY71SE.jpg
"Caber"
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:- Caber

source data:-

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

CY24NY71.jpg
"Caber"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet
item:- JandMN : 129
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:- Caber

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

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Kaber

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.

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COP4.jpg
"Kaber"
circle; village or hamlet
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

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

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:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Kaber

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.