Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| Kaber Rigg, Kaber | ||
| Kaber Rigg | ||
| civil parish:- | Kaber (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | locality | |
| coordinates:- | NY80401132 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY8011 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY81 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 23 8) placename:- Kaber Rigg |
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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 text:- Gents Mag placename:- Kabergh Rigg item:- Restoration, The; rebellion, 1663 |
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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 sourceGentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.414 From the Compendium of County History:- "1663. A party of friends of the Commonwealth met on Kabergh Rigg, and endeavoured to stir up an insurrection against the Restoration; but being dispersed by the militia, Capt. Atkinson, a turbulent republican, was taken and hanged at Appleby in 1664." |
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