Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Old Town, Hesket

Old Town, Hesket

Old Town

locality:-

High Hesket

civil parish:-

Hesket (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY47904370 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY4743

10Km square:-

NY44

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 39 3)
placename:- Old Town
placename:- Town, Old

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:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38)

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.

OG38m287.jpg
In mile 291, Cumberland.
Houses each side of the road.
item:- JandMN : 21
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Old Town

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.

D4NY44SE.jpg
"Old Town"
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:- Old Town

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.