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| Gilgarran, Distington | ||||
| Gilgarran | ||||
| civil parish:- | Distington (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| locality type:- | locality | |||
| locality type:- | buildings | |||
| coordinates:- | NY03202302 (etc) | |||
| 1Km square:- | NY0323 | |||
| 10Km square:- | NY02 | |||
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 61 8) placename:- Gilgarran |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Gillgaron |
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| 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. D4NY02SW.jpg "Gillgaron" block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Ford 1839 map placename:- Gilgarron |
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| 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. FD02NY02.jpg "Gilgarron" Buildings and park. item:- JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
In the wall of an orchard, where he is buried, is a memorial |
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| "[July 9, 1669. / Here Henry Birkett / lyes, whoe lived and dyed / A Godly Christian
led by / Scrypture guide. / Whose trade at sea / from port to port was cast, / Now
he arrives the haven / of havens at last.]" |
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