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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


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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.
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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.
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"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.
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"Stokbridge"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"Stockbridge"
Circle. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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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"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."

places:-  
NY49932703 Barn End (Sockbridge and Tirril)
NY50282681 Big Jim's Memorial (Sockbridge and Tirril)
NY50002697 Cottage, The (Sockbridge and Tirril)
NY50342689 Crowgarth Wood (Sockbridge and Tirril)
NY50212692 Hall Croft (Sockbridge and Tirril) L
NY49972704 house, Sockbridge (Sockbridge and Tirril)
NY50052686 house, Sockbridge (2) (Sockbridge and Tirril) L
NY50052688 Mayfield (Sockbridge and Tirril) L
NY50132680 pinfold, Sockbridge (Sockbridge and Tirril) suggested
NY50362703 Sockbridge Hall (Sockbridge and Tirril) L
NY49682774 Sockbridge Mill (Sockbridge and Tirril)
NY50012686 Stone House Barn (Sockbridge and Tirril) L
NY50002686 Stonehouse, The (Sockbridge and Tirril) L
NY50002692 Wordsworth Cottage (Sockbridge and Tirril)
NY50002688 Wordsworth House (Sockbridge and Tirril) L
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