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| civil parish:- | Killington (formerly Westmorland) | |||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| locality type:- | locality | |||
| locality type:- | buildings | |||
| coordinates:- | SD61378893 (etc) | |||
| 1Km square:- | SD6188 | |||
| 10Km square:- | SD68 | |||
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 39 16) placename:- Killington |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | probably old map:- Lloyd 1573 placename:- Kyllingworth |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured copper plate engraving, Angliae Regni,
Kingdom of England, with Wales, scale about 24 miles to 1 inch, authored by Humphrey
Lloyd, Denbigh, Clwyd, drawn and engraved
by Abraham Ortelius, Netherlands, 1573. click to enlargeLld1Cm.jpg "Kyllingworth" item:- Hampshire Museums : FA1998.69 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Saxton 1579 placename:- Killinton |
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| 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. Sax9SD59.jpg Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church. "Killinton" item:- private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) placename:- Killinton Chapelry |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Cestria
etc, ie Westmorland, Lancashire, Cheshire etc, scale about 10.5
miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, 1595,
edition 1613-16. MER5WmdA.jpg "Killinton chap." circle item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.3 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) placename:- Killinton |
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| 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. SP14SD69.jpg "Killinton" circle, building and tower item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Brathwaite 1638 placename:- Killington |
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| source data:- | Poem, Drunken Barbaby's Four Journeys to the North of England,
by Richard Brathwaite, 1638, published 1716-1818 at least. "Thence to Killington I passed," "Where an Hill is freely grassed;" "There I staid not, tho' half tired," "Higher still my Thoughts aspired:" "Taking leave of Mountains many," "To my native Country came I." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jansson 1646 placename:- Killinton |
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| 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. JAN3SD69.jpg "Killinton" Buildings and tower. item:- JandMN : 88 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Sanson 1679 placename:- Killinton |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland
aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of
Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about 9.5 miles
to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679. click to enlargeSAN2Cm.jpg "Killinton" circle, italic lowercase text; village or house item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd) placename:- Killington |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles
to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694. click to enlargeSEL7.jpg "Killington" circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) placename:- Killinton |
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| 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. MD10SD69.jpg "Killinton" Circle, building and tower. item:- JandMN : 24 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Badeslade 1742 placename:- Killinton |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Westmorland North from
London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text,
by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William
Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742. click to enlargeBD12.jpg "Killinton" circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) placename:- Killinton |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1
inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746. SMP2SDP.jpg "Killinton" item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 placename:- Killington |
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| 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. BO18SD69.jpg "Killington" circle, tower item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) placename:- Killington |
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| 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. J5SD68NW.jpg "Killington" blocks, labelled in upright lowercase text; settlement; town? and aea item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) placename:- Killington |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles
to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805. CY24SD68.jpg "Killington" block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet item:- JandMN : 129 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cooke 1802 placename:- Killington Park |
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| 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. click to enlargeGRA1Wd.jpg "Killington P." outline of fence palings; park item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cooper 1808 placename:- Killinaton |
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| 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. click to enlargeCOP4.jpg "Killinaton" circle; village or hamlet item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Ford 1839 map placename:- Killington |
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| 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. FD02SD68.jpg "Killington" item:- JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Killington |
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| source data:- | Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England
and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s. click to enlargePOF7Cm.jpg "Killington" map date 1909 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Killington |
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| source data:- | Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England
and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s. click to enlargePF10Cm.jpg "Killington" map date 1892 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Killington |
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| source data:- | Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England
and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s. click to enlargePOF2Cm.jpg "Killington" map date 1890 |
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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums |
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| hearsay:- |
A Need Fire was lit here in November 1840, perhaps the last lit in Westmorland, perhaps
the last in England. This was a magical cure for the cattle sickness in the area prevalent
for over a year. The fire had to be lit by friction, and had to be of wood that had
never been inside a house. When going it was covered with damp grass or straw to make
a heavy smoke through which the cattle were driven again and again. At the last the
best runner took a burning brand to the next farm to light a need fire there, and
so through the whole of Westmorland. |
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| The Patriot newspaper, 25 July 1834 described a cattle disease:- |
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| "A sort of murrain, or pestilential fever, which is at present prevalent in the county
of Westmorland, the popular remedy for which is fumigation of the infected animals
with the smoke of needfire, accompanied by certain mystic signs." |
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