Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Thursby

civil parish:-

Thursby (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY32655023 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY3250

10Km square:-

NY35

BZP37.jpg (taken 1.11.2013)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 29 4)
placename:- Thursby

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:- Thuresbye

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.

Sax9NY35.jpg
Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church. "Thuresbye"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?)
placename:- Thuresby

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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"Thuresby"
circle
item:- JandMN : 169
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evidence:-

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

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.

SP11NY35.jpg
"Thuresbye"
circle, tower
item:- private collection : 16
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evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Thuresbye

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.

JAN3NY35.jpg
"Thuresbÿe"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96)
placename:- Thuresby
placename:- Fearsby

source data:-

Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.

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In mile 33, Cumberland. "Thuresby vulgo Fearsby"
houses each side of the road.
item:- JandMN : 22
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evidence:-

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

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.

MD12NY35.jpg
"Thursby"
Circle, building and tower.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 261)
placename:- Thuresby
placename:- Fearsby

source data:-

Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, pl.261, the end of the road from Kendal to Cockermouth and the road from Egremont to Carlisle, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.

B261m30.jpg
"Thuresby vulgo Fearsby"
At mile 33-34 from Egremont.
item:- Dove Cottage : Lowther.36
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evidence:-

old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:- Thursby

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Cumberland North from London, scale about 11 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.

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BD10.jpg
"Thursby"
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality
item:- JandMN : 115
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evidence:-

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

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.

BO18NY34.jpg
"Thuresby / V"
blocks, on road, vicarage
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Thursby

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.

D4NY34NW.jpg
"Thursby"
blocks, and usually a church, labelled in upright lowercase; a village
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
placename:- Thursby

source data:-

Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.

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C38555.jpg
page 555-556 "to Thursby"
item:- JandMN : 228.2
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Thursby

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.

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COP3.jpg
"Thursby"
circle; village or hamlet
item:- JandMN : 86
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evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Thursby

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.

FD02NY35.jpg
"Thursby"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Thursby

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.

GAR2NY35.jpg
"Thursby"
blocks, settlement
item:- JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Burrow 1920s

source data:-

Road book, On the Road, Dunlop Pictorial Road Plans, volume V, strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, irregular scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.

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EJB3Vg58.jpg
item:- private collection : 17
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evidence:-

old drawing:-
placename:- Thursby

source data:-

Drawing, Thursby Village, Cumberland, by Thomas Bushby, 1907.

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PR1339.jpg
Summertime; panoramic view of Thursby village with the church to left standing on a small hill and the village stretching across plane of composition. Several figures are lightly sketched standing in foreground meadow.
signed &inscribed at bottom right:- "Thos; Bushby. 1907 Thursby"
dated at bottom right:- "Sep.14 1907"
item:- Tullie House Museum : 1996.252.26
Image © Tullie House Museum

evidence:-

old painting:-
placename:- Thursby

source data:-

Painting, watercolour, Autumn, Thursby, Cumberland, by Thomas Bushby, 1907.

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PR1343.jpg
Autumn; village street running diagonally across composition from lower left corner. To its left stands a substantial ivy clad house; to its right a row of cottages with a larger house at either end. The village green lies to right of foreground. A blank area remains in centre.
inscribed at reverse:- "'Autumn' Thursby. Thos Bushby. Victoria Lodge, Currock, Carlisle 1907"
item:- Tullie House Museum : 1996.252.41
Image © Tullie House Museum

evidence:-

perhaps old painting:-
item:- sheep

source data:-

Painting, watercolour, Village Scene, Thursby? Cumberland, by Thomas Bushby, 1900?

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PR1342.jpg
Summertime; a flock of sheep graze in foreground field beyond the fence and hedge of which lies a village partially obscured by bushes and trees. The village church stands, slightly elevated, in centre of composition.
item:- Tullie House Museum : 1996.252.38
Image © Tullie House Museum

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