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| Wythop | ||
| civil parish:- | Wythop (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | locality | |
| coordinates:- | NY203284 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2028 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY22 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) placename:- Widehope |
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| 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. MER8CumE.jpg "Widehope" circle item:- JandMN : 169 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 placename:- Widehope |
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| 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. BO18NY12.jpg "Widehope" circle, tower, within a park item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Clarke 1787 placename:- Wythop |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland,
and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93. goto sourcePage 93:- "..." "A little farther enter the manor of Wythop, through a gate which serves for a mark;it is the property of Sir Frederick Vane Fletcher, Baronet, and is held of the King as part of the honour of Cockermouth Castle, paying annually one penny, or a red rose, with suit of court. There is a small demesne, Wythop-hall and several customary tenants, who pay arbitrary fines. ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Bassenthwaite Lake) placename:- Manor of Withop |
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| source data:- | Map, A Map of Broadwater and its Environs, ie Bassenthwaite
Lake, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved
by Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland and in London etc, 1787. CL8NY22E.jpg "MANOR of WITHOP / Sir F. V. FLETCHER Bart." item:- private collection : 10.8 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Otley 1818 placename:- Wythop |
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| 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. OT02NY12.jpg item:- JandMN : 48.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag placename:- Widehope |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1816 part 2 p.601 Biographical note from the Compendium of County History:- "Hudson, John, critic, editor of Josephus, Widehope, 1662." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H placename:- Wythop |
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| 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. GAR2NY12.jpg "Wythop" cross, a church item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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