Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Low Row, Nether Denton

Low Row, Nether Denton

Low Row

civil parish:-

Nether Denton (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY58506303 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY5863

10Km square:-

NY56

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 18 3)
placename:- Low Row
placename:- Row, 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:-

possibly old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 86)

source data:-

Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, the Road from Tinmouth ... to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.

OG86m055.jpg
In mile 56, Cumberland.
House on the right of the road, by a river.
item:- JandMN : 73
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Low Row

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.

D4NY56SE.jpg
"Low Row"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

notes:-

William Hodgson gave a field to the parish in 1856, the rent from which was to go to pensioners and widows. Although the field was soldd the money was invsted and the income still provides charity.

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