Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Old Town, Mansergh

Old Town, Mansergh

Old Town

civil parish:-

Mansergh (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

SD59598290 (etc)

1Km square:-

SD5982

10Km square:-

SD58

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 43 15)
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:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Old Town

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.

J5SD58SE.jpg
"Old Town"
blocks, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, village?
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)
placename:- Old Town

source data:-

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

CY24SD58.jpg
"Old Town"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet
item:- JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

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

source data:-

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

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C38333.jpg
page 333-334 "Old Town"
item:- JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:- Old Town

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
"Old Town 255½"
village or other place; distance from London
item:- private collection : 18.18
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:- Old Town

source data:-

Road map, Continuation of the Roads to Glasgow and Edinburgh, 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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Lw21.jpg
"Old Town"
village or other place
item:- private collection : 18.21
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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.