Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Winscales

civil parish:-

Winscales (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY02752624 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY0226

10Km square:-

NY02

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 53 16)
placename:- Winscales

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:- Winscales

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.

D4NY02NW.jpg
"Winscales"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old text:- Mackenzie 1776
placename:- Winsgil's

source data:-

Charts, and sailing directions, Nautical Descriptions of the West Coast of Great Britain, Bristol Channel to Cape Wrath, by Murdoch Mackenzie, published London, 1776.

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Pages 23-24:- "... ..."
"Workington Bank ... On the W. end of this shoal, St. Bee's Head bears S. by W.½W. Workington Hall S.S.E. and in a line with Winsgil's (which is the north-most of three small clumps of wood that may be seen on the top of a rising ground, about three miles S. of Workington), and Mary-Port E. by S. ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Winscales

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:-

NY02612619 Midtown (Winscales)

NY02932599 Royal Oak Inn (Winscales)

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