Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Low Hesket, Hesket

Low Hesket, Hesket

Low Hesket

civil parish:-

Hesket (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY46514638 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY4646

10Km square:-

NY44

BTS12.jpg (taken 22.10.2010)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 31 10)
placename:- Low Hesket
placename:- Hesket, Low

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:-

probably old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Hesket

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.

Sax9NY44.jpg
Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church. "Hesket"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38)
placename:- War Hesket

source data:-

Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, continuation of the Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.

OG38m292.jpg
In mile 293, Cumberland. "War Hesket"
houses each side of the road.
item:- JandMN : 21
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evidence:-

possibly old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd)
placename:- Hesket

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.

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SEL9.jpg
"Hesket"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 94)
placename:- War Hesket
placename:- Hesket, War

source data:-

Strip maps, uncoloured engravings, road maps, The Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections in Lancashire and Westmorland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.

B094m292.jpg
"Wa[r] Hesket"
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.100
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evidence:-

perhaps descriptive text:- Simpson 1746
placename:- Nether Hesketh

source data:-

Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.

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"... Nether Hesketh, the late Mr. Lawson's ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- War Hesketh

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.

BO18NY44.jpg
"War Hesketh"
blocks, on road
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Low Hesket
placename:- Hesket, Low

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.

D4NY44NE.jpg
"Low Hesket"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
placename:- Lower Hesket

source data:-

Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.

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C38267.jpg
page 267-268 "Lower Hesket"

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C38283.jpg
page 283-284 "Lower Hesket"
item:- JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:- Low Hesket

source data:-

Map, Cumberland, scale about 15.5 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, bound in Gray's New Book of Roads, 1824, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.

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GRA1Cd.jpg
"Low Hesket"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
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evidence:-

old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:- Low Hesket

source data:-

Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, 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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Lw18.jpg
"Low Hesket 298½"
village or other place; distance from London
item:- private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-

old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:- Low Hesket

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
"Low Hesket"
village or other place
item:- private collection : 18.21
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evidence:-

possibly old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Heskett

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
"Heskett"
circle; village or hamlet
item:- JandMN : 86
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evidence:-

old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd)
placename:- Low Hesket

source data:-

Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Stree, Soho, London, 1810.

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WL13.jpg
"Low Hesket"
village, hamlet, house, ...
item:- Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd)
placename:- Low Heskett

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
"Low Heskett"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement
item:- JandMN : 91
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evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Low Hesket

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.

evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Low Hesket

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.

evidence:-

old map:- Burrow 1920s

source data:-

Road book, On the Road, Dunlop Pictorial Road Plans, volume V, strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, irregular scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.

evidence:-

old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:- Low Haskett

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
"Low Haskett"
map date 1890

images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

BNI24.jpg Ye Olde Village Pumpe?
(taken 9.3.2007)

places:-

NY46504641 Low Hesket Bridge (Hesket)

NY46624624 police house, Low Hesket (Hesket)

NY46514643 Rose and Crown (Hesket)

NY46634600 village hall, Low Hesket (Hesket)

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