Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Kirkby-in-Furness

Kirkby-in-Furness

Kirkby Ireleth

civil parish:-

Kirkby Ireleth (formerly Lancashire)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

SD23078240 (etc)

1Km square:-

SD2382

10Km square:-

SD28

evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Kirkbye

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. "Kirkbye"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?)
placename:- Kirkbye

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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"Kirkbye"
circle
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.3
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evidence:-

old map:- Keer 1605
placename:- Kirkbye

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.

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KER8.jpg
"Kirkbye"
dot, circle and tower; village
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Kirkbye

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.

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"Kirkbye"
circle, tower; Lancashire
item:- private collection : 16
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evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Kirkbye

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.

JAN3SD27.jpg
"Kirkbÿe"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd)
placename:- Kerkbye

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.

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SEL7.jpg
"Kerkbye"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Kirkby

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.

MD12SD27.jpg
"Kirkby"
Circle, building and tower.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

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

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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"Kirkby"
circle, tower, on road
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:- Kirkby

source data:-

Map, Lancashire, scale about 18 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, bound in Gray's New Book of Roads, 1824, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.

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GRA1La.jpg
"Kirkby"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.6
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evidence:-

old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:- Kirkby

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.

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Lw18.jpg
"Kirkby 278"
village or other place; distance from London
item:- private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Kirkby

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.

evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Kirkby Ireleth

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.

evidence:-

old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913)
placename:- Kirkby Ireleth

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District Mining Field, Westmorland, Cumberland, Lancashire, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Postlethwaite, published by W H Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913.