Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Kershopefoot, Nicholforest

Kershopefoot, Nicholforest

Kershopefoot

civil parish:-

Nicholforest (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY47658286 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY4782

10Km square:-

NY48

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 3 2)
placename:- Kershopefoot

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:- Kirsop Foote

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.

Sax9NY48.jpg
Tower, symbol for a house, hall, tower, etc. "Kirsop foote"
item:- private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Burghley 1590 (facsimile)
placename:- Kirsopfoote

source data:-

Facsimile map, A Platt of the Opposete Border of Scotland to ye West Marches of England, parts of Cumberland and Scotland including the Debateable Land, from a manuscript drawn for William Cecil, Lord Burghley, about 1590, published by R B Armstrong, 1897.
courtesy of the National Library of Scotland

M048NY48.jpg
"kirsopfoote"
circle, tower
item:- National Library of Scotland : MS6113 f.267
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?)
placename:- Kirsop Foote

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.

MER8CumA.jpg
"Kirsop foote"
circle, building and tower
item:- JandMN : 169
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Keer 1605
placename:- Kitsop Foote

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, probably by Pieter van den Keere, or Peter Keer, about 1605 edition perhaps 1676.

click to enlarge
KER8.jpg
"Kitsop foote"
dot, circle and tower; village
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Kirksop Foot

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.

SP11NY48.jpg
"Kirksop foot"
circle, tower
item:- private collection : 16
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

probably old map:- Jenner 1643
placename:- Kirksop

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.

JEN4Sq.jpg
"Kirksop"
circle

evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Kirksop Foodt

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.

JAN3NY48.jpg
"Kirksop foodt"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Kirksop Foot

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.

MD12NY48.jpg
"Kirksop Foot"
Circle.
item:- JandMN : 90
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Kirksop Foot

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.

BO18NY57.jpg
"Kirksop Foot"
circle and line
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Kershope Foot

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.

D4NY48SE.jpg
"Kershope Foot"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

hearsay:-

Just across the boundary was the Truce Stone, also known as the Tourney Stone or Laird Jock's Stone in a field called the Tourneyholm. It marked where the border reiver Wee Jock Elliot fought Lord Bothwell, one of the scottish march wardens. The english and scottish wardens met here on truce days to sort disputes and exchange prisoners. Some disputes ere settled by single combat.

The Liddel Water and the Kershope Burn, which enters the Liddel at kershopefoot, are the boundary between England and Scotland.

places:-

NY47428284 Barn Pool (Nicholforest)