Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Low Lorton, Lorton

Low Lorton, Lorton

Low Lorton

civil parish:-

Lorton (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY15232600 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY1526

10Km square:-

NY12

BLZ99.jpg River Cocker at Low Lorton.
(taken 3.5.2006)
photograph

BVO92.jpg (taken 1.11.2011)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 55 13)
placename:- Low Lorton
placename:- Lorton, 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:-

perhaps old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Lorton

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.

Sax9NY12.jpg
Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church. "Lorton"
item:- private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

perhaps old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Lorton

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.