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Natland
civil parish:-   Natland (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD52058923 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD5289
10Km square:-   SD58


photograph
BJU72.jpg (taken 12.9.2005)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 38 16) 
placename:-  Natland
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:-  Watlande
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.
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Sax9SD48.jpg
Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus.  "Watlande"
Settlement, in a park. 
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Keer 1605
placename:-  Watlande
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, probably by Pieter van den Keere, or Peter Keer, about 1605 edition perhaps 1676.
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KER8.jpg
"Watlande"
dot, circle and tower; village 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Watlande
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.
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SP14SD58.jpg
"Watlande"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old text:- Brathwaite 1638
placename:-  Natland
source data:-   Poem, Drunken Barbaby's Four Journeys to the North of England, by Richard Brathwaite, 1638, published 1716-1818 at least.
image BBY1p029, button  goto source
Page 29:-  "..."
"Thence to Natland, b'ing come thither,"
"He who York's Contempts did gather,"
"Gave me Harbour light as Feather,"
"We both drank and eat together,"
"Till half tipsy, as it chanced,"
"We about the Maypole danced."
"..."
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Page 129:-  "..."
"Now to Natland, where choice Beauty,"
"And a Shepherd do salute me;"
"Lips I relish richly Roseack,"
"Purely Nectar and Ambrosiak;"
"But I'm chaste, as doth become me,"
"For the Country's Eyes are on me."

evidence:-   old map:- Jenner 1643
placename:-  Watland
source data:-   Table of distances, with map, hand coloured engraving, Westmerland ie Westmorland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Jacob van Langeren, published by Thomas Jenner, Cornhill, London, 1643.
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JEN3Sq.jpg
"Watland"
dot, circle, tower 
item:-  private collection : 52.Wmd
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Watlande
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.
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JAN3SD58.jpg
"Watlande"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38) 
placename:-  Notclaf
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, continuation of the Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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OG38m252.jpg
In mile 254, Westmoreland.  "Notclaf"
Row of houses each side of the road. 
item:-  JandMN : 21
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Watland
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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SEL7.jpg
"Watland"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Natland
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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MD10SD58.jpg
"Natland"
Circle, building and tower, in a park. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Notclaf
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
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"Notclaf"
Circle in a park. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Natland
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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BO18SD48.jpg
"Natland"
blocks, on road 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Natland
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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J5SD58NW.jpg
"Natland"
blocks, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, village? and area 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Natland
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.
image
Ws02SD58.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Natland
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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CY24SD58.jpg
"Natland"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Natland
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
"Natland"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Natland
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.
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OT02SD58.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Natland
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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FD02SD58.jpg
"Natland"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Natland
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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POF7Cm.jpg
"Natland"
map date 1909 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

places:-  
SD52158914 Abbey, The (Natland) L
SD51368910 Crow Park Bridge (Natland) L
SD52348891 High House Farm (Natland) L
SD52168936 Higher House (Natland)
SD52068927 Natland and Oxenholme Village Hall (Natland)
SD51518951 Natland Hall Bridge (Natland) L
SD51978924 Natland Hall (Natland) L
SD52128969 Natland Park (Natland)
SD52028926 Old School House, The (Natland)
SD52058928 Parsonage, The (Natland) gone?
SD52018926 post box, Natland (Natland)
SD52108925 Natland School (Natland) gone
SD52118920 St Mark's Church (Natland) L
SD52198931 St Marks CofE Primary School (Natland)
SD52018926 village shop, Natland (Natland)
SD52098920 war memorial, Natland (Natland)
SD51938892 St Mark's Home (Natland)
SD51158908 Hawes Bridge (Natland / Helsington) L
SD52568989 milestone, Kendal (10) (Kendal)
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