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Warcop
civil parish:-   Warcop (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY74861556 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY7415
10Km square:-   NY71


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BMI09.jpg (taken 7.7.2006)  
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BMI10.jpg (taken 7.7.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 16 9) 
placename:-  Warcop
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:-  Warcop
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.  "Warcop"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Warcop
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Cestria etc, ie Westmorland, Lancashire, Cheshire etc, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, 1595, edition 1613-16.
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"Warcop"
circle 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.3
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Warcop
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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SP14NY71.jpg
"Warcop"
circle, building and tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Warcop
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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JAN3NY71.jpg
"Warcop"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Warcop
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.
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"Warcop"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  Warkop
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 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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BD12.jpg
"Warkop"
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Warkop
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
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"Warkop"
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Warcop
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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"Warcop / V"
circle, building and tower, vicarage 
also, unidentified circle and line 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Warcopp
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.
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"WARCOPP"
blocks on a street plan, labelled in block caps; settlement, market town? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) 
placename:-  Warcop
source data:-   Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
image CAM2P159, button  goto source
Page 159:-  "..."
"... Warcop, a pretty village (which gave name to a family so early as the reign of John, and was afterwards possessed by the Braithwaits), ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Warcopp
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Warcopp"
blocks, church symbol, labelled in upright lowercase; village 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Warcop
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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COP4.jpg
"Warcop"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Warcop
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
"Warcop"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.58
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Warcop
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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"Warcop"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Warcop
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Warcop"
map date 1909 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Warcop
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Warcop"
map date 1892 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Warcop
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Warcop"
map date 1890 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Warcop
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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POF8Cm.jpg
"Warcop / Stn."
map date 1873 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

evidence:-   old print:- Calverley 1899
item:-  cross
source data:-   ... An ancient Cross, which stood on the common, was removed after the enclosure, and placed in the village.

places:-  
NY74811552 Bridge End House (Warcop) L
NY74811551 bridge, Warcop (Warcop)
NY74791546 bridge, Warcop (2) (Warcop)
NY74991533 bridge, Warcop (3) (Warcop)
NY7415 Bury (Warcop) perhaps
NY75061551 Castle Hill (Warcop)
NY75261552 Castlehill Road (Warcop)
NY74941558 Chamley Arms (Warcop) L
NY74651525 chapel, Warcop (Warcop)
NY74841553 Clifton Cottage (Warcop)
NY74531523 Croft House (Warcop) L
NY74741541 Croft House (Warcop) L
NY7415 Crooks Beck (Warcop)
NY74371522 Eden Gate (Warcop) L
NY74421546 footbridge, Warcop (Warcop)
NY74851550 Fox, The (Warcop) L
NY74891553 Foxhounds Inn (Warcop)
NY74841557 Gardener's Cottage (Warcop) L
NY74801557 house, Warcop (2) (Warcop) L
NY74831555 house, Warcop (4) (Warcop)
NY74841545 maypole, Warcop (Warcop) L
NY75401588 milestone, Warcop (Warcop)
NY74921556 Warcop Mill (Warcop)
NY74501521 Old Granary, The (Warcop)
NY74821554 Old Post Office, The (Warcop)
NY74341567 Old Vicarage (Warcop)
NY75201579 railway bridge, Warcop (2) (Warcop)
NY74891556 Reading Room (Warcop)
NY75211573 Redscar Plantation (Warcop)
NY74931531 Row End (Warcop)
NY74731559 Warcop School (Warcop) gone
NY74621521 Shorgill House (Warcop) L
NY74631536 stile, Warcop (Warcop)
NY74781521 Stripes Lane (Warcop)
NY74691538 Tabernar (Warcop)
NY74711540 Temperance Hall (Warcop)
NY74831547 war memorial, Warcop (Warcop)
NY74441563 Warcop CofE Primary School (Warcop)
NY74711572 Warcop Hall (Warcop) L
NY74601521 Warcop History Room (Warcop)
NY74741555 Warcop House (Warcop) L
NY74671538 Warcop Methodist Church (Warcop)
NY74331510 Warcop Old Bridge (Warcop) L
NY75391560 Warcop Station (Warcop)
NY74501516 Warcop Tower (Warcop) L
NY74291571 St Columba's Church (Warcop) L
NY75011532 Warcop Pinfold (Warcop)
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