button to main menu  Old Cumbria Gazetteer
Red Dial, Westward
Red Dial
civil parish:-   Westward (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY25574602 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY2546
10Km square:-   NY24

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 29 13) 
placename:-  Red Dial
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 96) 
placename:-  Red Dial, The
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
image
OG96Bm25.jpg
In mile 28, Cumberland.  "the Red dial"
houses on the right of the road. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Beddial
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.
image
BO18NY24.jpg
"Beddial"
circle and line 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Red Dial
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.
image
D4NY24NE.jpg
"Red Dial"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Red Dial
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
image CY38p555, button  goto source
image  click to enlarge
C38555.jpg
page 555-556  "Red Dial"
item:-  JandMN : 228.2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Red Dial
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.
image
FD02NY24.jpg
"Red Dial"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

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.
image
EJB3Vg53.jpg
item:-  private collection : 17
Image © see bottom of page

places:-  
NY25614587 Cloud End (Westward)
NY25824610 pinfold, Red Dial (Westward) gone?
NY25864616 Red Dial Bridge (Westward)
NY25564597 Red Dial Farm (Westward) L
NY25414586 Sun Hotel (Westward)
button to lakes menu  Lakes Guides menu.