Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Mealsgate, Boltons

Mealsgate, Boltons

Mealsgate

civil parish:-

Boltons (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY20914210 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY2042

10Km square:-

NY24

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 36 8)
placename:- Mealsgate

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:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96)
placename:- Thurmilgate

source data:-

Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.

OG96Bm20.jpg
In mile 24, Cumberland. "Thurmilgate"
houses off the left of the road.
item:- JandMN : 22
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 261)
placename:- Thurlmillgate

source data:-

Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, pl.261, the end of the road from Kendal to Cockermouth and the road from Egremont to Carlisle, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.

B261m20.jpg
At mile 24 from Egremont.
item:- Dove Cottage : Lowther.36
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

probably old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Thurhallgate

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.

BO18NY14.jpg
"Thur[ha]llgate"
circle and line
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Mealsgate

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.

D4NY24SW.jpg
"Mealsgate"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- Burrow 1920s

source data:-

Road book, On the Road, Dunlop Pictorial Road Plans, volume V, strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, irregular scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.