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Winster, Crook
Winster
civil parish:-   Crook (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD41849351 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD4193
10Km square:-   SD49


photograph
CCH54.jpg (taken 4.2.2015)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 37 4) 
placename:-  Winster
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:-  Wynster Chapel
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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Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus.  "Wynster chap:"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Wynster Chapelry
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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"Wynster chap."
circle 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.3
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Wynster Chappel
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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SP14SD49.jpg
"Wynster Chappel"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Winster
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Winster"
in  "Undermillbeck"

evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Winster
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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MD10SD49.jpg
"Winster"
Circle. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Winster
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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"Winster"
Building. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Winster
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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J5SD49SW.jpg
"Winster"
area 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Winster
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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"Winster"
church symbol, no buildings, labelled in upright lowercase; village 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Winster
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
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OT02SD49.jpg
"WINSTER"
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Winster
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.
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"Winster"
blocks, settlement, and a cross, a church 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old print:- Robertson 1911
item:-  galleryspinning gallery
source data:-   Print, lithograph? A Stateman's Home, Winster, from a watercolour by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
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Tipped in opposite p.190 of Wordsworthshire by Eric Robertson. 
printed at bottom:-  "A 'STATEMAN'S' HOME, WINSTER"
signed at painting lower left:-  "Arthur Tucker"
item:-  JandMN : 197.34
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 longcase clocks

hearsay:-  
Pearson, friend of William Wordsworth, lived here.

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