 Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| Nether Denton | ||
| civil parish:- | Nether Denton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | locality | |
| coordinates:- | NY59516251 (? etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5962 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY56 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Saxton 1579 placename:- Nether Denton | |
| 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.  Sax9NY66.jpg Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church. "Nether denton" item:- private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) placename:- Denton | |
| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et 
                  Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and 
                  Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, 
                  Duisberg, Germany, about 1595.  MER8CumA.jpg "Denton" circle item:- JandMN : 169 Image © see bottom of page | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) placename:- Nether Denton | |
| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie 
                  Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 
                  1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head 
                  Alley, London, 1611-12.  SP11NY56.jpg "Nether Denton" circle, building, tower item:- private collection : 16 Image © see bottom of page | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jansson 1646 placename:- Nether Denton | |
| 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.  JAN3NY66.jpg "N. Denton" Buildings and tower. item:- JandMN : 88 Image © see bottom of page | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) placename:- Denton Nether | |
| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 
                  inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the 
                  Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the 
                  Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.  MD12NY66.jpg "Denton Nether" Circle, building and tower. item:- JandMN : 90 Image © see bottom of page | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 placename:- Denton Nether | |
| 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.  BO18NY66.jpg "Denton Nether" circle and line item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag | |
| 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.  goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1816 part 2 p.601 Biographical note from the Compendium of County History:- "Reay, William, divine, author of 'Sermons,' Nether Denton (died 1756)." | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Ford 1839 map placename:- Nether Denton | |
| 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.  FD02NY66.jpg "Nether Denton" item:- JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page | |
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