Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Waitby

civil parish:-

Waitby (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY75210830 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY7508

10Km square:-

NY70

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 23 14)
placename:- Waitby

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:- Morden 1695 (Wmd)
placename:- Waitby

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.

MD10NY70.jpg
"Waitby"
Circle.
item:- JandMN : 24
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evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Waitby

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.

J5NY70NW.jpg
"Waitby"
blocks, labelled in upright lowercase text; settlement; town?
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)
placename:- Waitby

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

CY24NY70.jpg
"Waitby"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet
item:- JandMN : 129
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evidence:-

old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd)
placename:- Wateby

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.

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HA18.jpg
"Wateby"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.58
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evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Waitby

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.

FD02NY70.jpg
"Waitby"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-

site plan:- Historical Monuments 1936

source data:-

Site plan, uncoloured lithograph, Dyke and Settlements at Waitby, Westmorland, scale about 1 to 20000, about 2 inches to 1 mile, published by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, London, 1936.

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HMW133.jpg
On p.233 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland.
printed, top "DYKE AND SETTLEMENTS AT WAITBY"
item:- Armitt Library : A745.134
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places:-

NY75700830 Waitby Castle (Waitby / Kirkby Stephen)

NY75400837 chapel, Waitby (Waitby)