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Stapleton
civil parish:-   Stapleton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY50507132 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY5071
10Km square:-   NY57

evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Stapleton
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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Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church.  "Stapleton"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Stapleton
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, about 1595.
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"Stapleton"
circle 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Stapleton
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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"Stapleton"
circle, building, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   table of distances:- Simons 1635
placename:-  Stapleton
source data:-   Table of distances, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, with a thumbnail map, scale about 41 miles to 1 inch, by Mathew Simons, published in A Direction for the English Traviller, 1635.
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"Stapleton N.E."
and tabulated distances 
item:-  private collection : 50.11
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Stapleton
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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"Stapleto~"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Sanson 1679
placename:-  Stapleton
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about 9.5 miles to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679.
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"Stapleton"
circle, italic lowercase text; village or house 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Stapleton
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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"Stapleton"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Stapleton
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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"Stapleton / R"
circle, building and tower, rectory 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Stapleton
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.
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"Stapleton"
blocks, and usually a church, labelled in upright lowercase; a village 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Stapleton
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Sidney Hall, published by S Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.
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"Stapleton"
no symbol 
item:-  JandMN : 91
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Stapleton
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.
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"Stapleton"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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