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Matson Ground, Windermere
Matson Ground
Street:-   Helm Road
locality:-   Windermere
civil parish:-   Windermere (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   locality
coordinates:-   SD41649663
1Km square:-   SD4196
10Km square:-   SD49


photograph
BRI50.jpg  Manual fire engine made by Merryweather, London, 19th century; at Cumbria Fire and Rescue service HQ, Cockermouth.
(taken 2.9.2009)  
photograph
BRI51.jpg  Manual fire engine made by Merryweather, London, 19th century; at Cumbria Fire and Rescue service HQ, Cockermouth.
(taken 2.9.2009)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 32 12) 
placename:-  Matson Ground
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:-  Masons
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.
image
J5SD49NW.jpg
"Masons"
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:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Matson Ground
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MATSON GROUND (HOUSE TO SOUTH EAST) / / HELM ROAD / WINDERMERE TOWN / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 351681 / SD4164696633"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Matson Ground
item:-  date stone (1721)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MATSON GROUND (HOUSE TO WEST), WITH ATTACHED BUILDINGS / / HELM ROAD / WINDERMERE TOWN / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 351680 / SD4160996659"

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