Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Milburn

civil parish:-

Milburn (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY65562934 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY6529

10Km square:-

NY62

BSV53.jpg (taken 2.6.2010)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 5 10)
placename:- Milburn

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:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Milborne

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.

Sax9NY62.jpg
Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus. "Milborne"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd)
placename:- Milborne

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.

SP14NY62.jpg
"Milborne"
circle, building and tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Milborne

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.

JAN3NY63.jpg
"Milborne"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd)
placename:- Milborne

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.

MD10NY62.jpg
"Milborne"
Circle, building and tower.
item:- JandMN : 24
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evidence:-

old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
placename:- Milbuburn

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.

SMP2NYR.jpg
"Milbuburn"
Circle.
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Milburn
placename:- Milborne

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.

BO18NY62.jpg
"Milburn or Milborne"
circle, tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Milbourn

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.

J5NY62NE.jpg
"MILBOURN"
blocks, labelled in block caps; village or parish?
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)
placename:- Milbourn

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

CY24NY62.jpg
"Milbourn"
blocks, church symbol, labelled in upright lowercase; village
item:- JandMN : 129
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Millburn

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.

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COP4.jpg
"Millburn"
circle; village or hamlet
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd)
placename:- Milburn

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.

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HA18.jpg
"Milburn"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.58
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evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Milburn

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.

FD02NY62.jpg
"Milburn"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Milbourn

source data:-

Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.

GAR2NY63.jpg
"Milbourn"
blocks, settlement
item:- JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

hearsay:-

It is said you have to keep an eye on your garden gate at Halloween. The gate might be removed and set on the bonfire to be burnt on Guy Fawkes Night. This seems to be a memory of what were called Butt Hill Nights when gates were stolen to make an enclosure round the maypole, in which other stolen household goods were stacked, to be found by their owners the next day.

notes:-

defensible village; an arrangement of ranges of houses with exits at the corners of the green which could be walled up

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan

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