Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Milnthorpe

civil parish:-

Milnthorpe (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

locality type:-

selected place

coordinates:-

SD49758150 (etc)

1Km square:-

SD4981

10Km square:-

SD48

latitude; longitude:-

2d 46.2m W; 54d 13.6m N

BUN20.jpg (taken 6.5.2011)
photograph

BQY86.jpg Friday market.
(taken 3.7.2009)

evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Mylnthorpe

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.

Sax9SD48.jpg
Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus. "Mylnthorpe"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

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

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.

SP14SD48.jpg
"Mylnthorpe"
circle, tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Mylrthorpe

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.

JAN3SD47.jpg
"Mylrthorpe"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

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

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.

MD10SD48.jpg
"Milthorp"
Circle, building and tower.
item:- JandMN : 24
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Simpson 1746
placename:- Milthorp

source data:-

Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.

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Page 1025:- "..."
"Milthorp, at the Mouth of the Can, is the only Sea-Port Town in the County, Commodities being brought hither in small Vessels from Grange in Lancashire."

evidence:-

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

source data:-

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

SMP2SDP.jpg
"Milthorp"
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Milthorp
placename:- Milthrop

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.

BO18SD47.jpg
"Milthorp or Milthrop"
circle, tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

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

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.

J5SD48SE.jpg
"MILTHORP"
blocks on a street plan, labelled in block caps; settlement, market town?; there is an unexplained area marked E of the town centre
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770
placename:- Milthorp

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.

JEF5Mlnt.jpg
"MILTHORP"
blocks on a street plan, mill, market cross
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- West 1784 map
placename:- Millthrop

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.

Ws02SD48.jpg
"MILLTHROP"
item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-

old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions)
placename:- Milthorp

source data:-

Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.

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Page 153:- "..."
"... "... at the mouth of the river Betham is Milthorp, ... the only seaport in the county, to which the commodities imported are brought from Grange in Lancashire. Here are two paper mills, as there was one near a century ago."

evidence:-

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

source data:-

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

CY24SD48.jpg
"MILTHORPE"
group of blocks, labelled in block caps; town
item:- JandMN : 129
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evidence:-

old map:- Aikin 1790 (Wmd)
placename:- Milthorpe

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 8.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Aikin, London, 1790.

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AIK2.jpg
"Milthorpe"
circle; town
item:- JandMN : 51
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evidence:-

road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
placename:- Milnthorpe

source data:-

Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.

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C38315.jpg
page 315-316 "Milnthorpe"
item:- JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Baker 1802
placename:- Milthorp

source data:-

Perspective road maps with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland, by J Baker, London 1802.

Bk03Vg16.jpg
"Milthorp"
item:- private collection : 3
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:- Milthorpe

source data:-

Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.

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GRA1Wd.jpg
"Milthorpe"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4
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evidence:-

old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:- Milnthorpe

source data:-

Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.

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Lw18.jpg
"Milnthorpe 255½"
market town; distance from London; travellers supplied with post horses or carriages
item:- private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-

old text:- Capper 1808
placename:- Millthorpe
item:- population; market; fair

source data:-

Gazetteer, A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom, compiled by Benjamin Pitts Capper, published by Richard Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808; published 1808-29.

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"..."
"MILLTHORPE, a market town in the parish of Heversham, in Kendal ward, Westmoreland, 8 miles from Kendal, and 252 from London; containing 208 houses and 968 inhabitants, pleasantly seated on the river Betha, which soon after joins the Ker near its mouth, and over which is a handsome stone bridge. In the neighbourhood are 2 paper mills. The market is on Friday. Fair, old May day."
"..."

evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Milnthrop

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
"Milnthrop"
circle; village or hamlet
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Milthorp

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.

OT02SD48.jpg
"MILTHORP"
item:- JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-

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

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
"Millthorp / 255"
circle, upright lowercase text; town; distance from London
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.58
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evidence:-

old map:- Greenwood 1824 (Wmd)
placename:- Milthorp

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Map of the County of Westmorland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by C and J Greenwood, published by George Pringle jnr, 70 Queen Street, Cheapside, London, 1824.

grw5mlnt.jpg
"MILTHORP"
street map; labelled in block caps for a market town.
item:- Armitt Library : A1827
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evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag
placename:- Milthrope

source data:-

Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.

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Gentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.515 "Compendium of County History. - Westmorland."
"MILLTHROPE is the only town in the county visited by the tide, which flows"

evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag 1825
item:- sea port

source data:-

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Gentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.516 "Compendium of County History. - Westmorland."
"from the estuary of the Kent up the river Betha; making this the only seaport town in the county."

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
placename:- Milnthorpe
item:- population, Milnthorpe; market day

source data:-

Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.

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Page 17:- "..."
"MILNTHORPE"
"Is a small but well-built market-town, on the north side of the river Belo, near the estuary of the Kent. The place consists principally of one long street, at the east end of which are some elegant houses in open situations. Many improvements have been effected in it, the most conspicuous being an elegant chapel in the English style, consecrated by the present Bishop of Chester. It is in the parish of Heversham, a neat and pleasant village, about a mile further on. ..."

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Page 152:- "..."
"MILNTHORPE, a small but well-built market-town, is situated on the north side of the Belo, and is the only sea-port in Westmorland, enjoying a share of the coast trade to Liverpool, Glasgow, and the intermediate ports; it is in the parish of Hever-"

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Page 153:- "[Hever]sham. ... Population, (with Heversham,) 1509; market-day, Friday; inn, Cross-Keys."

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Milnthorpe

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.

FD02SD48.jpg
"MILNTHORPE"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-

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

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.

GAR2SD48.jpg
"Milnthorpe"
blocks, settlement
item:- JandMN : 82.1
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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.