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| Low Scales, Orton S | ||
| Low Scales | ||
| civil parish:- | Orton S (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY60060553 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY6005 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY60 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 28 7) placename:- Low Scales placename:- Scales, Low |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Saxton 1579 placename:- Skales |
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| 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. Sax9NY50.jpg Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus. "Skales" item:- private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | probably old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) placename:- Shale |
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| 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. SP14NY51.jpg "Shale" circle, tower item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | perhaps old map:- Jansson 1646 placename:- Shales |
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| 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. JAN3NY50.jpg "Shales" Buildings and tower. item:- JandMN : 88 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675 placename:- Scales |
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| source data:- | Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75. "Scales in the parish of Orton" |
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| evidence:- | hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1670 placename:- Skailes |
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| source data:- | Records, hearth tax returns, exchequer duplicates, Westmorland,
1670. "Skailes" |
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| evidence:- | possibly old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd) placename:- Shales |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles
to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694. click to enlargeSEL7.jpg "Shales" circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | perhaps old map:- Badeslade 1742 placename:- Shales |
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| 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. click to enlargeBD12.jpg "Shales" circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | probably old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) placename:- Shales |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1
inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746. SMP2NYK.jpg "Shales" item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | perhaps old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 placename:- Shales |
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| 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. BO18NY50.jpg "Shales" circle, tower item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) placename:- Low Scales placename:- Scales, Low |
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| 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. J5NY50NE.jpg "Low Scales" circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) placename:- Low Scales placename:- Scales, Low |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles
to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805. CY24NY60.jpg "Low Scales" block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet item:- JandMN : 129 Image © see bottom of page |
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