Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Levens

Beathwaite Green

civil parish:-

Levens (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

SD48768618 (etc)

1Km square:-

SD4886

10Km square:-

SD48

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 42 7)
placename:- Beethwaite Green

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:-

hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:- Levens

source data:-

Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Levens"

evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Beethwaite Green

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.

J5SD48NE.jpg
"Beethwaite Green"
blocks, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, village?
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Levens

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.

J5SD48SE.jpg
"Levens"
area
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)
placename:- Bethwaite Green

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

CY24SD48.jpg
"Bethwaite Green"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet
item:- JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Levens

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
"Levens"
circle; village or hamlet
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Levens

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.