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| Kendal: Stramongate | ||
| Stramongate | ||
| locality:- | Kendal | |
| civil parish:- | Kendal (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | street | |
| coordinates:- | SD51729283 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5192 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD59 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 38 8) placename:- Stramongate |
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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:- Speed 1611 placename:- Stramans Gate |
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| 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. click to enlargeSP14Mk.jpg "E Stramans Gate" street of houses item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675 placename:- Stramongate |
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| source data:- | Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75. "Stramongate" in "Kendal parish" |
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| evidence:- | hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1670 placename:- Straman Gate |
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| source data:- | Records, hearth tax returns, exchequer duplicates, Westmorland,
1670. "Straman Gate in Kendall" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 placename:- Stramonds Gate |
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| 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. J55192U.jpg  J55192N.jpg "STRAMONDS GATE" street item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Images © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Capper 1808 |
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| source data:- | Gazetteer, A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom,
compiled by Benjamin Pitts Capper, published by Richard
Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808; published
1808-29. goto source"[Kendal] ... The Ken is crossed from the north by an ancient bridge, and the main street, leading from it, slopes towards the centre of the town, ..." |
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