Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Sedgwick

civil parish:-

Sedgwick (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

SD51448704 (etc)

1Km square:-

SD5187

10Km square:-

SD58

BXD30.jpg (taken 15.8.2012)
photograph

BJS34.jpg (taken 12.8.2005)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 42 4)
placename:- Sedgwick

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:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Seggeswick

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.

Sax9SD48.jpg
Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus. "Seggeswick"
item:- private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd)
placename:- Seggeswick

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.

SP14SD58.jpg
"Seggeswick"
circle, building and tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Seggeswick

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.

JAN3SD58.jpg
"Seggeswick"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38)
placename:- Sidwick
placename:- Siggeswick

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.

OG38m252.jpg
In mile 253, Westmoreland.
Turning left:- "to Sidwick al~s Siggeswick"
item:- JandMN : 21
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evidence:-

old map:- Berry 1679
placename:- Sigeswick

source data:-

Road map, diagram, The Grand Roads of England, engraved by John Rich, made and published by William Berry, at the Sign of the Globe, London, 1679.
"Sigeswick"

evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd)
placename:- Seggeswick

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.

MD10SD58.jpg
"Seggeswick"
Circle, building and tower.
item:- JandMN : 24
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 93)
placename:- Sedgwick

source data:-

Strip maps, uncoloured engravings, road maps, The Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections in Lancashire and Westmorland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.

B093m252.jpg
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.100
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
placename:- Seggeswick

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.

SMP2SDP.jpg
"Seggeswick"
Circle.
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Seggeswick

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.

BO18SD48.jpg
"Seggeswick"
outline of fence palings
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Sedgwick

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.

J5SD58NW.jpg
"Sedgwick"
blocks, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, village?
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- West 1784 map
placename:- Sedgwick

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.

Ws02SD58.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)
placename:- Sedgwick

source data:-

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

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

evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Sedgwick

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.

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COP4.jpg
"Sedgwick"
circle; village or hamlet
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Sedgwick

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.