Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Lessonhall, Waverton

Lessonhall, Waverton

Lessonhall

civil parish:-

Waverton (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY22265019 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY2250

10Km square:-

NY25

CGY30.jpg (taken 15.12.2017)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 28 4)
placename:- Lessonhall

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:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Lasen Hall

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.

Sax9NY24.jpg
Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus. "Lasen hall"
item:- private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Lasen Hall

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.

SP11NY24.jpg
"Lasen Hall"
circle, tower
item:- private collection : 16
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Lasen Hall

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.

JAN3NY24.jpg
"Lasen Hall"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Lasenhall

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.

BO18NY14.jpg
"Lasenhall"
circle, tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Lessonhall

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.

D4NY25SW.jpg
"Lessonhall"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Lesson Hall

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.

places:-

NY22265006 Croft House (Waverton)

NY22235018 Lesson Hall (Waverton) L

NY22285015 Middle Yard (Waverton) L

NY22065035 New Bridge (Waverton)

NY22305026 Old Mill (Waverton) L

NY22295014 weathervane, Lessonhall (Waverton)

NY22165026 Steel's Farm (Waverton) L

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