Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Kirkland Guards, Blennerhasset and Torpenhow

Kirkland Guards, Blennerhasset and Torpenhow

Kirkland Guards

civil parish:-

Blennerhasset and Torpenhow (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY18713999

1Km square:-

NY1839

10Km square:-

NY14

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 36 11)
placename:- Kirkland Guards

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:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96)
placename:- Courtland Guard

source data:-

Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.

OG96Bm20.jpg
In mile 22, Cumberland. "Courtland guard"
houses beside the road on the left.
item:- JandMN : 22
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 261)
placename:- Courtland Guard

source data:-

Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, pl.261, the end of the road from Kendal to Cockermouth and the road from Egremont to Carlisle, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.

B261m20.jpg
At mile 22 from Egremont.
item:- Dove Cottage : Lowther.36
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Courtland Guard

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.

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Kirklandguards

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.

D4NY14SE.jpg
"Kirklandguards"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

probably old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Kirkland

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.

places:-

NY18914003 Kirkland Gate (Blennerhasset and Torpenhow)

NY187398 Strickland Guard (Bothel and Threapland)

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