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Langwathby
civil parish:-   Langwathby (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY56893362 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY5633
10Km square:-   NY53


photograph
BJU59.jpg (taken 26.8.2005)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 50 11) 
placename:-  Langwathby
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:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Langanbye
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.  "Langanbye"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Langanbye
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, about 1595.
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"Langanbye"
circle 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Keer 1605
placename:-  Langanbye
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
"Langanbye"
dot, circle and tower; village 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Langanbye
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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SP11NY53.jpg
"Langanbye"
circle, building, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Langanbye
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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"Langanbye"
circle, building and tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Jenner 1643
placename:-  Langanbye
source data:-   Tables of distances with a maps, Westmerland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, published by Thomas Jenner, London, 1643; published 1643-80.
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JEN4Sq.jpg
"Langanbye"
circle 

evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Langanbye
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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JAN3NY53.jpg
"Langanbye"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Langanbye
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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SEL9.jpg
"Langanbye"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Langanby
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.
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MD12NY53.jpg
"Langanby"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Langaubye
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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MD10NY53.jpg
"Langaubye"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  Langauby
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of 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.
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BD10.jpg
"Langa[u]by"
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality 
item:-  JandMN : 115
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Langanby
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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"Langanby"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Longwathby
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.
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D4NY53SE.jpg
"Longwathby"
blocks, and usually a church, labelled in upright lowercase; a village 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Longwathby
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
image CY38p319, button  goto source
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C38319.jpg
page 319-320  "Longwathby"
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Longwathby
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.
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Lw21.jpg
"Longwathby 288"
village or other place; distance from London 
item:-  private collection : 18.21
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Langwathby
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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COP3.jpg
"Langwathby"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 86
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evidence:-   old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Langwathby
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Sidney Hall, published by S Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.
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HA14.jpg
"Langwathby"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 91
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Longwathby
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.
image FD01P130, button  goto source
Page 130:-  "..."
"At the village of Longwathby the tourist will cross the Eden by a good bridge of five arches, built in 1636. ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Longwathby
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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FD02NY53.jpg
"Longwathby"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Longwathby
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.
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GAR2NY53.jpg
"Longwathby"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Langwathby
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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"Langwathby"
map date 1909 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Longwathby
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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"Longwathby"
map date 1892 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Longwathby
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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POF2Cm.jpg
"Longwathby"
map date 1890 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Longwathby
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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POF8Cm.jpg
"Longwathby"
map date 1873 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

evidence:-   old photograph:- Bogg 1898
source data:-   Photograph, halftone print, Old Farmyard, Langwathby, Cumberland, by Edmund Bogg, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.
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BGG123.jpg
Included on p.69 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg. 
item:-  JandMN : 231.23
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bogg 1898
item:-  goose
source data:-   Photograph, halftone print, A Bit of the Green, Langwathby, Cumberland, by Edmund Bogg, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.
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BGG124.jpg
Included on p.68 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg. 
item:-  JandMN : 231.24
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photograph
BQM63.jpg  Porch:-
"1896" (taken 8.5.2009)  

places:-  
NY56963353 Bird House (Langwathby)
NY57153355 Langwathby Methodist Church (Langwathby)
NY56913394 Edenview (Langwathby)
NY56893358 fingerpost, Langwathby (Langwathby)
NY56893355 Fish Hotel (Langwathby)
NY57283381 High Mill (Langwathby)
NY56873379 hydrant plate, Langwathby (Langwathby)
NY56723398 Langwathby CofE Primary School (Langwathby)
NY56743370 Langwathby Hall (Langwathby)
NY57313346 Langwathby Station (Langwathby)
NY56843430 lineside hut, Langwathby (Langwathby)
NY56903383 Low Farm (Langwathby)
NY56803379 Low Mill (Langwathby)
NY56983375 Middle Farm (Langwathby)
NY57213352 Old School (Langwathby)
NY566336 pillbox, Langwathby (Langwathby)
NY57113358 police house, Langwathby (Langwathby)
NY57123368 railway bridge, Langwathby (Langwathby)
NY57263353  (Langwathby)
NY56833428 railway bridge, Langwathby (4) (Langwathby)
NY56943398 railway bridge, Langwathby (5) (Langwathby)
NY57373340 railway milepost, Langwathby (Langwathby)
NY56923358 Shepherds Inn (Langwathby) L
NY56903372 St Peter's Church (Langwathby) L
NY57183337 Stratheden (Langwathby)
NY57003353 summer house, Langwathby (Langwathby)
NY56803374 village hall, Langwathby (Langwathby)
NY56893358 war memorial, Langwathby (Langwathby)
NY56603353 Langwathby Bridge (Langwathby)
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