Skelton | ||||
civil parish:- | Skelton (formerly Cumberland) | |||
county:- | Cumbria | |||
locality type:- | locality | |||
locality type:- | buildings | |||
coordinates:- | NY43723545 (etc) | |||
1Km square:- | NY4335 | |||
10Km square:- | NY43 | |||
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BTQ19.jpg (taken 8.10.2010) |
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evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 49 5) placename:- Skelton |
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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. |
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evidence:- | old map:- Saxton 1579 placename:- Skelton |
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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. Sax9NY43.jpg Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church. "Skelton" item:- private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) placename:- Skelton |
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source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie
Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed,
1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head
Alley, London, 1611-12. SP11NY43.jpg "Skelton" circle, building, tower item:- private collection : 16 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Jansson 1646 placename:- Skelton |
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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. JAN3NY43.jpg "Skelton" Buildings and tower. item:- JandMN : 88 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) placename:- Skelton |
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source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1
inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the
Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the
Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715. MD12NY43.jpg "Skelton" Circle. item:- JandMN : 90 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 placename:- Skelton |
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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. BO18NY43.jpg "Skelton" circle, tower item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Skelton |
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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. D4NY43NW.jpg "Skelton" blocks, and usually a church, labelled in upright lowercase; a village item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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evidence:- | old map:- Cooper 1808 placename:- Skelton |
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source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to
1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips,
Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808. click to enlarge COP3.jpg "Skelton" circle; village or hamlet item:- JandMN : 86 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Otley 1818 placename:- Skelton |
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source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes,
Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to
1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies,
Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick,
Cumberland, et al, 1833. OT02NY43.jpg item:- JandMN : 48.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Ford 1839 map placename:- Skelton |
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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. FD02NY43.jpg "Skelton" item:- JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H placename:- Skelton |
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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. GAR2NY43.jpg "Skelton" blocks, settlement item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Skelton |
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source data:- | Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England
and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s. click to enlarge POF7Cm.jpg "Skelton" map date 1909 |
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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums |
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notes:- |
The custom of luck money could still be remembered in the 1990s, even if it didn't
still happen. When something was bought, like a bicycle, a small amount of money was
given back, for luck. |
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