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civil parish:- | Kirkby Lonsdale (formerly Westmorland) | |||
county:- | Cumbria | |||
locality type:- | locality | |||
locality type:- | buildings | |||
locality type:- | market town | |||
locality type:- | selected place | |||
coordinates:- | SD61147876 (etc) | |||
1Km square:- | SD6178 | |||
10Km square:- | SD67 | |||
latitude; longitude:- | 2d 35.7m W; 54d 12.2m N | |||
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evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 47 8) placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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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. OS County Series (Wmd 47 12) |
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evidence:- | old map:- Gough 1350s-60s placename:- Kirkebie Lonesdale |
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source data:- | Map, colour photozincograph copy, reduced size facsimile, Gough
Map of Britain, scale about 28.5 miles to 1 inch, published by
the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1875. click to enlarge Ggh1Cm.jpg item:- JandMN : 33 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Gough 1350s-60s placename:- Kirkebie Lonesdale |
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source data:- | Map, lithograph facsimile, Gough Map of Britain, 20 miles to 1
inch? published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire,
1935. click to enlarge Ggh2Cm.jpg item:- JandMN : 34 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Saxton 1579 placename:- Kirkby Launsdale |
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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. Sax9SD58.jpg Buildings and towers, symbol for a town. "KIRKBY LAUNSDALE" item:- private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) placename:- Kirkby Lunesdale |
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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 "Kirkby Lunesdale" circle, building/s, tower, tinted red item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.3 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Keer 1605 placename:- Kibkbi Launsdale |
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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 "Kibkbi launsdale" dot, two circle, tower, tinted red; town item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Speed 1611 (Cum/EW) placename:- Kirby |
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source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Kingdome of Great Britaine and
Ireland, scale about 36 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, about
1610-11, published by Thomas Bassett, Fleet Street and Richard
Chiswell, St Paul's Churchyard, London, 1676? click to enlarge SPD6Cm.jpg "Kirby" dot, circle, and tower item:- private collection : 85 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) placename:- Kirkbye Landall |
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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. SP14SD68.jpg "Kirkbye Landall" circle, buildings and towers item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | table of distances:- Simons 1635 placename:- Kikrby Landall |
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source data:- | Table of distances, uncoloured engraving, Westmerland ie
Westmorland, with a thumbnail map, scale about 42 miles to 1
inch, by Mathew Simons, published in A Direction for the English
Traviller, 1635. click to enlarge SIM3.jpg "Kikrby Landall S" and tabulated distances; K on thumbnail map item:- private collection : 50.39 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | table of distances:- Simons 1635 placename:- Kirkby Lansdale |
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source data:- | Table of distances, uncoloured engraving, Lancashire, with a
thumbnail map, by Mathew Simons, published in A Direction for
the English Traviller, 1635. click to enlarge SIM522.jpg "Kirkby Lansd N.E" and tabulated distances item:- private collection : 50.22 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old text:- Brathwaite 1638 placename:- Lonesdale |
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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. goto source Page 29:- "..." "Thence to Lonesdale, where I view'd" "An Hall, which like a Tavern shew'd;" "Neat Gates, white Walls, nought was sparing," "Pots brim-ful, no thought of caring:" "They eat, drink, laugh, are still Mirth-making," "Nought they see that's worth Care taking." "..." goto source Page 125:- "..." "Thence to Lonesdale, where were at it" "Boys that scorn'd Quart Ale by Statute;" "Till they stagger'd, stammer'd, stumbled," "Railed, reeled, rolled, tumbled;" "Musing I should be so stranged," "I resolv'd them I was changed." "To the sink of Sin they drew me," "Where like Hogs in Mire they threw me;" "Or like Dogs unto their Vomit," "But their Purpose I o'ercomed;" "With shut Eyes I flung in Anger" "From those Mates of Death and Danger." "..." |
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evidence:- | old map:- Jenner 1643 placename:- Kirkbye lansdale |
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source data:- | Table of distances, with map, hand coloured engraving,
Westmerland ie Westmorland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch,
engraved by Jacob van Langeren, published by Thomas Jenner,
Cornhill, London, 1643. JEN3Sq.jpg "Kirkbye lansdale" dot, circle, tower item:- private collection : 52.Wmd Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Jansson 1646 placename:- Kirkbye Landall |
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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. JAN3SD67.jpg "Kirkbye Landall" Buildings and towers, suggestion of a wall, notice ?fence palings; upright lowercase text; market town. item:- JandMN : 88 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Sanson 1679 placename:- Kirkbye Lansdall |
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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 enlarge SAN2Cm.jpg "Kirkbye Lansdall" circle, buildings and towers; town item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd) placename:- Kirkbye Landall |
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source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles
to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694. click to enlarge SEL7.jpg "Kirkbye Landall" circle, tower, italic lowercase text; town? item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Morden 1695 (EW) placename:- Lonsdale |
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source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, England, including Wales, scale
about 27 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel
Swale Awnsham and John Churchil, London, about 1695. click to enlarge MRD3Cm.jpg "Lonsdale" circle; village or town item:- JandMN : 339 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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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. MD10SD68.jpg "Kirkby Lonsdale" Circle, buildings, towers. item:- JandMN : 24 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | descriptive text:- Defoe 1724-26 placename:- Kirby Launsdale placename:- Kirby Lunedale item:- woollens |
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source data:- | Tour through England and Wales, by Daniel Defoe, published in
parts, London, 1724-26. "Such as Kirby Launsdale, or Lunedale, because it stands on the River Lune, ... The manufacture which the people are employed in here, are chiefly woollen cloths, at Kirby Launsdale, and Kendal, and farther northward,a security for the continuance of the people in the place; for here is a vast concourse of people." |
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evidence:- | old map:- Badeslade 1742 placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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source data:- | Maps, Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1
inch, and Cumberland North from London, scale about 11 miles to
1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London,
engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court,
Holborn, London, 1742; published 1742-49. "Kirby Lonsdale Market Thursd:" |
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evidence:- | old map:- Badeslade 1742 placename:- Kirby Lonsdale |
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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 enlarge BD12.jpg "Kirby Lonsdale" circle, tower/s, upright lowercase text; town item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | descriptive text:- Simpson 1746 placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale item:- market; placename, Kirkby Lonsdale; woollens |
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source data:- | Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as
'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller
...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746. goto source Page 1024:- "..." "Kirkby Lonsdale, the chief Town of Lonsdale, i.e. a Vale upon the Lone, that Tract which gives Title of Viscount to the Family of Lowthers of Lowther Hall, in this County. It is called Kirkby from the Bishop of Carlisle of that Name, who routed the Scots, and 'tis said was a Native of this Place. 'Tis a prettty large Town, with a Woollen Manufacture, and has a fair Church, with a good Stone Bridge over the River Lone. Its Market is on Tuesday." |
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evidence:- | old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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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. SMP2SDU.jpg "Kirkby Lonsdale" Building; labelled as a town. item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag item:- sun dogs |
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source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1753 p.370 click to enlarge G753E01.jpg "Mr URBAN," "ON May 24, about half an hour after six o'clock in the morning, the air being replete with watery particles of a pale duskish colour, and the atmosphere seeming to be equally spread with a very fine lamina, smooth and evenly suspended, there appeared a coloured halo above the sun (see the above representation) very fair and distinct, for a considerable time. The inner half of the semicircle was of a reddish, and the outer half of a light yellow colour, the bright spots on either side the sun terminated in far distant points, like the shadow of the earth in an eclipse of the moon; the corona, or inverted circle, was not so visible as one I observed a few years since: the bright spots disappeared first, then the vivid colour of the iris faded by degrees, extending itself to a stupendous arch before it totally disappeared." "We have had very hot droughty weather, and still continues ever since the appearance of the halo. - The barometer unusually low, rising and falling almost every day a little, but low in the main from what might be expected this hot season." "Yours, &c. S. PARROT." "Near Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, June 5." |
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evidence:- | old map:- Bickham 1753-54 (Wmd) placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, perspective view, A Map of
Westmorland, North from London, by George Bickham, James Street,
Bunhill Fields, London, 1753. click to enlarge BCK3.jpg "Kirkby Lonsdale" view (sort of) item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.71 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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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. BO18SD58.jpg "Kirkby Lonsdale / V" blocks, on road, street plan, town, vicarage item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) placename:- Kirby Lonsdale |
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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. J5SD67NW.jpg "KIRBY LONSDALE" blocks on a street plan, labelled in block caps; settlement, market town? item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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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. JEF5KrLn.jpg "KIRKBY LONSDALE" blocks on a street plan, church item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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evidence:- | old text:- Pennant 1773 placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale item:- stockings; mill, Kirkby Lonsdale |
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source data:- | Book, A Tour from Downing to Alston Moor, 1773, by Thomas
Pennant, published by Edward Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1801. goto source Pennant's Tour 1773, page 118 "..." "At a small distance from the bridge is Kirkby-Lonsdale, a small town, noted chiefly for the elegant view from the church-yard, and from a fine walk continued from it on the verge of a high slope. The prospect is diversified with rich meadows watered by the Lune, which makes two bold meanders, with gentlemen's seats, a wooded and cultivated tract creeping high up the hills, and a boundary beyond of various lofty fells, with Ingleborough shewing its distant top." "On the side of the walk is an exploratory mount, surrounded by a ditch, judiciously placed, as it commands a distant view up the vale now called Lonsdale, which gives the addition to Kirkby, to distinguish it from other places of the same name. It is a parish of great extent, and a manor once belonging to the Abbey of St. Mary in York. At the dissolution it was granted to a family of the Roman name of Carus, still in being. After several transfers it remains at this time in the Earl, who takes his title from the vale." "..." goto source Pennant's Tour 1773, page 119 "..." "The mills of the town are remarkable, being built on the side of a steep bank, and worked by the water of a brook conveyed through the town. It sets in motion seven wheels, one above the other; one is for making snuff, another serves a fulling-mill. Formerly this town enjoyed a considerable manufacture of knit-stockings, but at present it is greatly declined." |
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evidence:- | old map:- Pennant 1777 placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of Scotland, Hebrides and
Part of England, drawn for Thomas Pennant, engraved by J Bayly,
published by Benjamin White, London, 1777. click to enlarge PEN1Cm.jpg "Kirkby Lonsdale" circle; buildings, village, etc item:- private collection : 66 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) |
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source data:- | Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by
William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in
London, 1778 to 1821. goto source Tour to the Caves in the West Riding of Yorkshire, late 18th century Page 239:- "..." "About six o'clock, one morning in June, we set off from Kendal, and, after travelling about a dozen miles along a good turnpike-road, over Endmoor and Crowbrow, we arrived at Kirkby-Lonsdale soon after eight. ... ... Kirkby-Lonsdale is a neat, well paved, clean town, ornamented with several genteel houses, adjoining to some of which are elegant gardens. The houses are covered with blue slate, which has an agreeable effect on the eye of a stranger. A small brook runs through the market-street, which is useful and commodious to the inhabitants: afterwards it turns several mills, in its steep descent to the river Lune. The church is a large and decent structure; ... Opposite to" goto source Page 240:- "the church gates is the old hall, taken notice of one hundred and fifty years ago by drunken Barnaby, in his Itinerary. It is still an inn, and no doubt keeps up its ancient character." "Veni Lonsdale, ubi cernam, / Aulam factam in tabernam; / Nitidae portae, nivei muri, / Cyathi pleni, pacae curae; / Edunt, bibunt, ludunt, rident, / Cura dignum, nihil vident." "I came to Lonsdale, were I staid / At hall, into a tavern made: / Neat gates, white walls - nought was sparing; / Pots brim-full - no thought of caring; / They eat, drink, laugh, are still mirth making - / Nought they see that's worth care taking." "..." goto source Page 243:- "..." "... Antoninus's tenth Itinerary runs from Glanoventa or Lanchester, in the county of Durham, ... to Glenovento or Draton, in the county of Salop. In various places by the side of this road are high artificial mounts of earth, which were without doubt the stations of centinels, to prevent any insurrections, or being surprised by an enemy: they may be now seen entire at Burton-in-Lons-" goto source Page 244:- "[Burton-in-Lons]dale, Overborough, Kirkby-Lonsdale, and Sedbergh. ... ... [after an outing] About a furlong before we arrived at the bridge, the town of Kirkby-Lonsdale appeared in a point of view peculiarly pleasing: the high walls of a gentleman's garden, which were between us and the town, made it like a fenced city in miniature; the tower steeple of the church rising proudly eminent above the blue slated houses, with which it was on every side surrounded." |
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evidence:- | old text:- Camden 1789 placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale item:- market |
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source data:- | Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England,
Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition
by Richard Gough, published London, 1789. goto source Page 147:- "..." "... Lonsdale, q.d. the valley on the Lone, whose chief town is Kirkby Lonsdale, to which the neighbouring inhabitants resort to church and market. ..." |
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evidence:- | old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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source data:- | Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England,
Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition
by Richard Gough, published London, 1789. goto source Page 162:- "..." "Kirkby Lonsdale is a neat well-paved town, the largest in the county next to Kendal, beautifully situated, the houses covered with blue slate, the church a large and decent structure, and opposite to it Abbots hall, an old hall serving as an inn. The river Lune runs at the foot of the steep rock, 40 yards perpendicular, on which the town stands. ..." |
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evidence:- | old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) placename:- Kirby Lonsdale |
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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. CY24SD67.jpg "KIRBY LONSDALE" group of blocks, labelled in block caps; town item:- JandMN : 129 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Aikin 1790 (Wmd) placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale
about 8.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Aikin, London, 1790. click to enlarge AIK2.jpg "Kirkby Lonsdale" circle; town item:- JandMN : 51 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Bailey 1797 placename:- Kirby Lonsdale |
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source data:- | Map, soil etc, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about
12 miles to 1 inch, by J Bailey, engraved by Neele, Strand,
published by Messrs Robinson, Paternoster Row and G Nicol, Pall
Mall, London, 1797. click to enlarge BY05.jpg "Kirby Lonsdale" group of blocks; town item:- Armitt Library : A680.3 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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source data:- | Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181
Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802. goto source click to enlarge C38333.jpg page 333-334 "Kirkby Lonsdale - Cross" market town, post office "INNS. ... Kirkby Lonsdale, Rose and Crown, Royal Oak. ..." item:- JandMN : 228.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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source data:- | Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181
Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802. goto source click to enlarge C38795.jpg page 795-796 "to Kirkby Lonsdale, as p.333" market town, post office item:- JandMN : 228.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Cooke 1802 placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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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 enlarge GRA1Wd.jpg "Kirkby Lonsdale / 255" blocks, upright lowercase text; town, distance from London item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Luffman 1803 placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale
about 37 miles to 1 inch, by John Luffman, 28 Little Bell Alley,
Coleman Street, London, 1803-06. click to enlarge LUF4.jpg "Kirkby Lonsdale" circle; town item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.46 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806 placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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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. click to enlarge Lw18.jpg "Kirkby Lonsdale 252½" market town; distance from London; travellers supplied with post horses or carriages item:- private collection : 18.18 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806 placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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source data:- | Road map, Continuation of the Roads to Glasgow and Edinburgh,
scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806,
published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834. click to enlarge Lw21.jpg "Kirkby Lonsdale 252" market town; distance from London; travellers supplied with post horses or carriages item:- private collection : 18.21 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old text:- Capper 1808 placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale item:- population; market; fair; placename, Kirkby Lonsdale |
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source data:- | Gazetteer, A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom,
compiled by Benjamin Pitts Capper, published by Richard
Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808; published
1808-29. goto source "..." "KIRKBY LONSDALE, a market-town and parish in Lonsdale ward, Westmoreland, 12 miles from Kendal, and 251 from London, pleasantly seated in a valley; and containing 254 houses and 1283 inhabitants, of whom 781 were returned as employed in various trades. It is supposed to have been named from Kirby or Kirkby, bishop of Carlisle, who routed the Scots here in their incursions, and was a native of the town. It is a neat place, and next to Kendal, the largest in the county. The houses are covered with slate. The church is a noble structure, ... Here is a bridge of freestone of three arches founded on a rock over the river Lune, ... The market is on Thursday, and is well supplied with all kinds of provisions. Fairs 9th and 30th of May for cattle, and 21st December chiefly for cloth. The living is a vicarage, value 20l. 15s. 2d. in the patronage of Trinity college, Cambridge. - Housman's Tour." "..." |
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evidence:- | old map:- Cooper 1808 placename:- Kirby Lonsdale |
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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 enlarge COP4.jpg "Kirby Lonsdale" circle with two side bars; town item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Wallis 1810 (Wmd) placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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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? click to enlarge WAL5.jpg "Kirkby Lonsdale / 255" town; distance from London item:- JandMN : 63 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | descriptive text:- Wallis 1810 placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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source data:- | Map, Westmoreland, scale about 19 miles to 1 inch, and
Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77
Berwick Street, Soho, London, 1810; published 1810-36. "PRINCIPAL INNS, RECOMMENDED TO TRAVELLERS AND FAMILIES." "Kirby Lonsdale: Rose and Crown." "..." "PRINCIPAL FAIRS." "Kirby Lonsdale: Holy Thursday, horned cattle; Dec. 21, woollen cloth." |
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evidence:- | old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd) placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale
about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820,
published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31. click to enlarge HA18.jpg "Kirkby Lonsdale / 292" circle, upright lowercase text; town; distance from London item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.58 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) |
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source data:- | Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the
mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be
visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the
district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick,
Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur
Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49,
latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes. goto source Page 173:- "... Whittaker: '... Kirkby Lonsdale. The soft and luxuriant beauties of this place - terminated by the Howgill Fells, a group of mountains of striking form, though inferior to Ingleborough - are scarcely to be surpassed: and he who would wish for a happier combination of river, meadow, and indigenous wood of the richest growth, than that which appears beneath the celebrated Terrace of this place,[1] might have cause to lament that his taste was too fastidious to admit of any gratification from landscape." "[1] The bank of Lune, leading from the Church-yard towards Underley." goto source Page 180:- "KIRKBY LONSDALE contains about 1300 inhabitants.[1] It was formerly, as its name implies, the Kirk or Church Town of Lunesdale. it possesses a too" "[1] By the census of 1841, 1260." goto source Page 181:- "spacious market-place, the eastern end of which is ornamented by the Saving's Bank, an edifice in the Grecian style of architecture, just finished, from the designs of a Westmorland architect - Mr. Thompson. The only ancient building of importance is the Church. ..." |
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evidence:- | old map:- Perrot 1823 placename:- Kirkby placename:- Kirkby Burton |
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source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and Westmoreland ie
Westmorland, scale about 38 miles to 1 inch, by Aristide Michel
Perrot, engraved by Migneret, 1823, published by Etienne Ledoux,
9 Rue Guenegaud, Paris, France, 1824-48. click to enlarge PER2.jpg "Kirkby" circle; town; or mistakenly "Kirkby Burton" item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.45 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Greenwood 1824 (Wmd) placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Map of the County of Westmorland,
scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by C and J Greenwood, published by
George Pringle jnr, 70 Queen Street, Cheapside, London, 1824. grw5krbl.jpg "KIRKBY LONSDALE" street map; labelled in block caps for a market twon. item:- Armitt Library : A1827 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Cobbett 1832 placename:- Kirby Lonsdale |
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source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale
about 7 miles to 1 inch, by William Cobbett, 11 Bolt Court,
Fleet Street, London, 1832. click to enlarge COB4.jpg "Kirby Lonsdale" dot and circle; town item:- JandMN : 116 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale item:- population, Kirkby Lonsdale; market day |
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source data:- | Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by
Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W
Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William
Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman,
Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd,
Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839. goto source Page 154:- ".." "Kirkby-Lonsdale.- A small market-town, agreeably placed on the west bank of the Lune, lying near the verge of Lancashire, and within a few miles of Yorkshire. The churchyard is celebrated for the fine views which it commands of the valley. ... The mills are singularly situated, and are used for different purposes. Although the town has not been much increased, it is still, in importance, the third town in Westmorland. Popu-" goto source Page 154:- "[popu]lation, 1686; market-day, Thursday; inn, Rose and Crown, and The Dragon." |
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evidence:- | old map:- Ford 1839 map placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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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. FD02SD57.jpg "KIRKBY LONSDALE" item:- JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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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. GAR2SD67.jpg "Kirkby Lonsdale" blocks, settlement, on a minimal street plan item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old itinerary:- Tinsley 1877 (Roads/Cum) placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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source data:- | Itinerary, route 7, London to Whitehaven via the Lake Districts, including from Settle,
Lancashire; through Kirkby Lonsdale, Kendal, Ambleside, Westmorland; then Keswick,
Cockermouth to Whitehaven, Cumberland, published by Tinsley Bros, 8 Catherine Street,
Strand, London, 1877. click to enlarge TLY184.jpg pp.71-91 in British High Roads, North and North Eastern Routes; pp.84-91. printed at p.71:- "... / ROUTE VII. - LONDON to WHTEHAVEN via THE LAKE / DISTRICTS. (See Maps 65 to 80.) / Hitchin (as per Route I.) 34, Shefford 41, Bedford 50, Higham-Ferrers, / 64¾, Kettering 74½, Rockingham 83¼, Uppingham 88¾, Oakham, / 94¾, Melton Mowbray 104¾, Nottingham 123¼, Rotherham 159¼, / Barnsley 171¾, Huddersfield 188¾, Halifax 196¾, Keighley 208¾, / Skipton 218¾, Settle 234¾, Kirkby Lonsdale 252½, Kendal 264½, / Ambleside 278½, Keswick 293½, Cockermouth 305½, Whitehaven / 319½. / ..." item:- private collection : 270.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old strip map:- Tinsley 1877 (Roads/Cum) placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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source data:- | Strip map, road map, part of London to Whitehaven, including from before Kirkby Lonsdale
through Kendal, Windermere to beyond Ambleside, Westmorland, published by Tinsley
Bros, 8 Catherine Street, Strand, London, 1877. click to enlarge TLY1M4.jpg Map pp.77-78 in British High Roads, North and North Eastern Routes. printed at top:- "BRITISH HIGH ROADS / 77 LONDON TO WHITEHAVEN. 78" item:- private collection : 270.6 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old itinerary:- Johnson 1908 (Roads/Cum) placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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source data:- | Itinerary, Route 39 in Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, Doncaster to Glasgow, through
Skipton, by Claude Johnson, edited by Lord Montagu, published by The Car Illustrated,
168 Piccadilly, London, 1908. click to enlarge JS5056.jpg pp.49-56 in the road book, Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, vol.3. printed at beginning, p.49:- "ROUTE 39. / DONCASTER, via Ferrybridge, Collingham (31¼), Otley (44¾), Ilkley (50¾), Skipton (59¾), Hellifield (69¼), Ingleton (87), Kirkby Lonsdale (92¾), Kendal (104), Carlisle (149½) to GLASGOW (244¼)" item:- private collection : 268.6 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old itinerary:- Johnson 1908 (Roads/Cum) placename:- Kirkby Lonsdale |
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source data:- | Itinerary, Route 40 reverse in Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, Glasgow to Doncaster,
through Hawes, by Claude Johnson, edited by Lord Montagu, published by The Car Illustrated,
168 Piccadilly, London, 1908. click to enlarge JS5075.jpg pp.75-80 in the road book, Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, vol.3. printed at beginning, p.75:- "ROUTE 40. Reverse. / GLASGOW via Carlisle (95), Kendal (139½), Kirkby Lonsdale (151½), Sedbergh (162¼), Hawes Junction (172½), Aysgarth (186¾), Middleham (196¼), Masham (206), Ripon (216), Boroughbridge (232) to DONCASTER (275½)." item:- private collection : 268.9 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | town plan:- Historical Monuments 1936 |
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source data:- | Town plan, uncoloured lithograph, Kirkby Lonsdale Plan Showing the Position of Monuments,
Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, scale about 1 to 6100, about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, published
by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, London, 1936. click to enlarge HMW088.jpg On p.138 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland. printed, upper left "KIRKBY / LONSDALE / PLAN SHOWING / THE POSITION OF / MONUMENTS" item:- Armitt Library : A745.88 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | market notes:- item:- market |
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source data:- | www.history.ac.uk/cmh/gaz/gazweb2.htmOwen: 1792: New Book of Fairs: 1889: Market Rights and Tolls: HM Government | |||
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BZW24.jpg Brass dial of a longcase clock by:- "Peter Hathornthwt. K. Lonsdale" Peter Haythornthwaite, clockmaker, Kirkby Lonsdale courtesy of the Museum of Lakeland Life |
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hearsay:- |
Sketchbook no.13 of Theophilus Lindsay Aspland has a note:- |
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"In the yr. 1688, Kg. James 2nd. abdicated the throne & on 5th Novr. in the same yr
the revolution was effected." |
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"Soon after these events had transpired a rumour spread through the N. that the abdicated
monarch had raised a large army in France, & was waiting to make a descent on the
Yorksh. coast, in hopes of gaing. his lost throne." |
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"This intelligence gave the Northmen an opportunity of showg. their attachment to the
Prince of Orange, then King Wm. III." |
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"The Ld. Lieutt. issued his orders for raisg. the posse comitatus of the county of
Westmd., who, obsequious to the mandate rushed to arms, & prepared to defend the kingdom
against the expected invasion. The muster place for the hardy mountainneers was Millers'
Close, near Kendal, from whence they marched to Kirkby Lonsdale, & hence the origin
of the vulgar though popular rhyme:-" |
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""Eighty-eight was Kirkby fight When never a man was slain; They yat their meat, and drunk their Drink And sae kom merrily hame again." |
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"p.119.120 Sayers Histy. of Westmd. / Kendl. 1847." |
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person:- | architect : Paley, Henry A |
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date:- | 1905 |
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