Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Ruckcroft, Ainstable

Ruckcroft, Ainstable

Ruckcroft

civil parish:-

Ainstable (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY53224428 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY5344

10Km square:-

NY54

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Ruccroft

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.

D4NY54SW.jpg
"Ruccroft"
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:- Puckcroft

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.

FD02NY54.jpg
"Puckcroft"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Rushcroft

source data:-

Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.

notes:-

A cup and ring marked stone was found somewhere here, and taken to a farmhouse for safe keeping.

Becckensall, Stan: 2002: Prehistoric Rock Art in Cumbria: Tempus Publishing (Stroud, Gloucestershire)

places:-

NY53134444 Crown Inn (Ainstable)

NY53404421 High Farm (Ainstable)

NY53424413 High Fold (Ainstable)

NY53364402 Low Fold (Ainstable) L

NY53104449 Rose Farm (Ainstable)

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