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Millrigg, Culgaith
Millrigg
civil parish:-   Culgaith (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY60792826
1Km square:-   NY6028
10Km square:-   NY62


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BWN06.jpg (taken 25.5.2012)  
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BWN07.jpg  Date stone:-
"B / H B / 1597" (taken 25.5.2012)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 59 8) 
placename:-  Millrigg
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:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Millridge
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.
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MD10NY62.jpg
"Millridge"
Circle. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   possibly old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Milbridge
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.
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BO18NY52.jpg
"Milbridge"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Mill Rigg
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.
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J5NY62NW.jpg
"Mill Rigg"
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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Millrigg
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.
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D4NY62NW.jpg
"Millrigg"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Mellrig
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.
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FD02NY52.jpg
"Mellrig"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Millrigg
item:-  date stone (1597); date stone (1669); coat of arms
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILLRIGG AND DWELLING ADJOINING TO NORTH WEST / / B6412 / CULGAITH / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 73144 / NY6079428263"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BARN TO NORTH OF MILLRIGG / / B6412 / CULGAITH / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73145 / NY6079828279"

 sundial

notes:-  
16th century house, possible defensive features

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

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