Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Upper Denton

Upper Denton

civil parish:-

Upper Denton (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY61616546 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY6165

10Km square:-

NY66

evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Over Denton

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. "Over denton"
item:- private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

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

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

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Over Denton

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.

SP11NY66.jpg
"Over Denton"
circle, towers
item:- private collection : 16
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Over Denton

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.

JAN3NY66.jpg
"Over Denton"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 86)
placename:- Darrington

source data:-

Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, the Road from Tinmouth ... to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.

OG86m050.jpg
In mile 53, Cumberland. "Darrington"
houses on the right of the road.
item:- JandMN : 73
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Denton Over

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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"Denton Over"
Circle, building and tower.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

probably old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 232)
placename:- Dearington

source data:-

Road strip map, road map, pl.232, part of The Road from Tinmouth to Carlisle, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections in Northumberland and Cumberland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.

B232m50.jpg
"Dearington"
Two spots, north side of road; about mile 54.
item:- JandMN : 65.232
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Denton Over

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.

BO18NY66.jpg
"Denton Over"
circle and line
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Upper Denton
placename:- Denton, Upper

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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"Upper Denton"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house, with church
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Denton

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.

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Upper Denton

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.

places:-

NY62056558 accommodation crossing, Upper Denton (Upper Denton)

NY61566551 Upper Denton Church (Upper Denton) L

NY61636539 Denton Village Level Crossing (Upper Denton)

NY61546557 earthwork, Upper Denton (Upper Denton)

NY61596557 privy, Upper Denton (Upper Denton)

NY61326518 roman signal station, Upper Denton (Upper Denton)

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