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Little Asby, Asby
Little Asby
civil parish:-   Asby (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY69830967
1Km square:-   NY6909
10Km square:-   NY60
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 22 11) 
placename:-  Little Asby
placename:-  Asby, Little
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:-  Ashby Parva
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.  "Ashby p~va"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Keer 1605
placename:-  Ashby Parva
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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"Ashby pva"
dot, circle and tower; village 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Little Ashby
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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"Little Ashby"
circle,tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Jenner 1643
placename:-  Ashbye parva
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.
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"Ashbye[p bar]v"
dot, circle, tower 
item:-  private collection : 52.Wmd
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Little Ashby
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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"L. Ashby"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Little Asby
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Little Asby"
evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1670
placename:-  Litle Asbye
source data:-   Records, hearth tax returns, exchequer duplicates, Westmorland, 1670.
"Litle Asbye"
evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Little Ashby
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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"Little Ashby"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  Little Ashby
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.
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"L. Ashby"
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Little Ashby
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
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"L Ashby"
Circle. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Asby Parva
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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"Asby Par."
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Little Asby
placename:-  Asby, Little
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.
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"Little Asby"
blocks, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, village? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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