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Loughrigg, Lakes
Loughrigg
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
coordinates:-   NY34530502 (? etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3405
10Km square:-   NY30
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 1) 
placename:-  Rydal and Loughrigg
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:-  Langrig
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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Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus.  "Langrig"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Langrig
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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"Langrig"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Langrig
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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"Langrig"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Loughrigge and Rydall
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Loughrigge and Rydall"
evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1670
placename:-  Rydall and Loughrigg
source data:-   Records, hearth tax returns, exchequer duplicates, Westmorland, 1670.
"Rydall &Loughrigg"
evidence:-   probably old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Langrig
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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"Langrig"
Circle. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Longbridge
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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"Longbridge"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Loughrigg
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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"Loughrigg"
area 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old print:- Green 1810 (plate 24) 
item:-  Loughrigg Side
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Rocks on Loughrigg Side, Loughrigg, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1808.
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Plate 24 in Sixty Studies from Nature, 1810. 
printed at bottom:-  "ROCKS ON LOUGHRIGG SIDE. / Drawn and Engraved by William Green, and Published at Ambleside, June 24, 1808."
watermark:-  "J WHATMAN / 1813"
item:-  Armitt Library : A6641.24
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evidence:-   old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
placename:-  Loughrigg
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, Loughrigg, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1868-69.
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"Loughrigg from Waterhead / Windermere"
page number  "13"
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.61.13
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, b/w, the road under Loughrigg near Fox How, Ambleside, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
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HB0371.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS752
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, b/w, the road under Loughrigg, Rydal, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
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HB0370.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS751
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  gate
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Under Loughrigg, Ambleside, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0225.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS750
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, b/w, the road under Loughrigg near Fox How, Ambleside, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
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HB0371.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS752
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, b/w, the road under Loughrigg, Rydal, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
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HB0370.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS751
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  gate
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Under Loughrigg, Ambleside, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0225.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS750
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