Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Sockbridge

civil parish:-

Sockbridge and Tirril (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY50072687 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY5026

10Km square:-

NY52

CFQ01.jpg (taken 21.10.2016)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 7 3)
placename:- Sockbridge

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:- Stokbridge

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.

Sax9NY42.jpg
Tower, symbol for a house, hall, tower, etc. "Stokbridge"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Stokbridge

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.

SP11NY52.jpg
"Stokbridge"
circle, tower; Westmorland
item:- private collection : 16
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evidence:-

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

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.

SP14NY52.jpg
"Stokbridge"
circle, tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Stokbridge

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.

JAN3NY52.jpg
"Stokbridge"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1670
placename:- Sockbridge

source data:-

Records, hearth tax returns, exchequer duplicates, Westmorland, 1670.
"Sockbridge"

evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Stokbridge

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.

MD12NY42.jpg
"Stokbridge"
Circle.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

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

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.

MD10NY52.jpg
"Stockbridge"
Circle.
item:- JandMN : 24
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

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

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.

BO18NY42.jpg
"Stockbridge"
circle, tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

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

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.

J5NY42NE.jpg
"Sockbridge"
blocks, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, village?
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:- Sockbridge

source data:-

Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.

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Page 41:- "..."
"We next see the villages of Thorp, Tirril, and Stockbridge, all neatly built of stone, and covered with blue slate. There is nothing remarkable in any of them, except Stockbridge Hall, now in ruins. ..."

evidence:-

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

source data:-

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

CY24NY52.jpg
"Stockbridge"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet
item:- JandMN : 129
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Stockbridge

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
"Stockbridge"
circle; village or hamlet
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag

source data:-

Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.

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Gentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.514
From the Compendium of County History:- "Lancaster, Dr. William, Provost of Queen's College, Oxford, and one of the founders of Barton School, Sockbridge."

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