Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Bennethead, Matterdale

Bennethead, Matterdale

Bennethead

civil parish:-

Matterdale (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY44202383 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY4423

10Km square:-

NY42

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 66 1)
placename:- Bennethead

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:- Bennethead

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.

D4NY42SW.jpg
"Bennethead"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:- Benethead Villages
item:- placename, Bennethead

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 source
page 25:- "..."
"Benethead-Banks, and Benethead-Villages, have undoubtedly taken their names from this monastery [suggested religious house on Dunmallard Hill], as lying at the upper end of its territories. ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ullswater)
placename:- Benetthead

source data:-

Map, A Map of the Lake Ullswater and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.

places:-

NY44102384 Bennethead (Matterdale) L

NY44072378 Croft, The (Matterdale) L

NY43902430 Red Mire (Matterdale)

NY44292374 sawmill, Bennethead (Matterdale) gone

NY44042382 sheepfold, Bennethead (Matterdale)

NY44472385 Wreay Farm (Matterdale)

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