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Killington
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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BTY98.jpg (taken 28.1.2011)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 39 16) 
placename:-  Killington
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:-   probably old map:- Lloyd 1573
placename:-  Kyllingworth
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.
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"Kyllingworth"
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA1998.69
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evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Killinton
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.
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Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church.  "Killinton"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Killinton Chapelry
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.
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"Killinton chap."
circle 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.3
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Killinton
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.
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"Killinton"
circle, building and tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old text:- Brathwaite 1638
placename:-  Killington
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."

evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Killinton
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.
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"Killinton"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Sanson 1679
placename:-  Killinton
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.
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"Killinton"
circle, italic lowercase text; village or house 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Killington
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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"Killington"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Killinton
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.
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"Killinton"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  Killinton
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.
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BD12.jpg
"Killinton"
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Killinton
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
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"Killinton"
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Killington
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.
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"Killington"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Killington
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.
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"Killington"
blocks, labelled in upright lowercase text; settlement; town? and aea 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Killington
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Killington"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Killington Park
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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"Killington P."
outline of fence palings; park 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Killinaton
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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"Killinaton"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Killington
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.
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"Killington"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Killington
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Killington"
map date 1909 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Killington
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Killington"
map date 1892 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Killington
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Killington"
map date 1890 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

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.
The Patriot newspaper, 25 July 1834 described a cattle disease:-
"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."

places:-  
SD61328899 All Saints Church (Killington) L
SD61518890 Cross Bank (Killington)
SD6188 Hall Beck (Killington)
SD61428891 Killington Bridge (Killington)
SD61308901 Killington Hall (Killington) L
SD61408891 Killington Parish Hall (Killington)
SD61318895 Red Lion Inn (Killington)
SD61198829 Ridding Gill (Killington)
SD61398891 School House (Killington)
SD614889 Spring Ghylll House (Killington)
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