Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Low Wray, Claife

Low Wray, Claife

Low Wray

civil parish:-

Claife (formerly Lancashire)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY37250117 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY3701

10Km square:-

NY30

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Lan 2 11)
placename:- Low Wray
placename:- Wray, 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:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Low Wrays
placename:- Wrays, Low

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.

J5NY30SE.jpg
"Low Wrays"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet?
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble)
placename:- Low Wray

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Grand Lake of Windermere, scale about 2 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1819.

CT9NY30Q.jpg
"Low wray"
block, building/s
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.102
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere N)
placename:- Low Wray

source data:-

Map, A Map of the Northern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Samuel John Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.

CLANY30Q.jpg
"Low-wray"
item:- private collection : 10.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

probably old text:- Green 1810
placename:- Low Kay
placename:- Kay, Low

source data:-

Set of prints, soft ground etchings, Sixty Studies from Nature, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, drawn 1808-10, published 1810.

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page 13:- "... on the Lancashire side [of Windermere lake] are High and Low Kay."

evidence:-

old print:- Green 1815
placename:- Low Wray
item:- cattle

source data:-

Print, coloured aquatint, Windermere from Low Wray, Claife, Lancashire, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1815.

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GN0511.jpg
Plate 12 in Lake Scenery.
printed at upper right:- "12"
printed at bottom:- "WINDERMERE from LOW WRAY. / Published at Ambleside, June 1, 1815, by Wm. Green."
item:- Armitt Library : A6646.11
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

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

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.

FD02NY30.jpg
"Low Wray"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Prior 1874 map 1
placename:- Low Wray

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1874.