Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Swinside, Above Derwent

Swinside, Above Derwent

Swinside

civil parish:-

Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY24292175 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY2421

10Km square:-

NY22

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 9)
placename:- Swinside

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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Swin Side

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.

D4NY22SW.jpg
"Swin Side"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- West 1784 map
placename:- Swinside

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.

places:-

NY24762229 Hawkeld Well (Above Derwent)

NY17622502 sheepfold, Lorton (Lorton)

NY17282455 Shepherds Pile (Buttermere)

NY24282174 Swinside Inn (Above Derwent)

SD17168817 Swinside Stone Circle (Millom Without)

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