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| Allonby | ||||
| civil parish:- | Allonby (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| locality type:- | locality | |||
| locality type:- | buildings | |||
| coordinates:- | NY08134300 (etc) | |||
| 1Km square:- | NY0843 | |||
| 10Km square:- | NY04 | |||
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 35 6) placename:- Allonby |
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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:- Saxton 1579 placename:- Allonbye |
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| 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. Sax9NY04.jpg Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus. "Allonbye" item:- private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Keer 1605 placename:- Allonbye |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale
about 16 miles to 1 inch, probably by Pieter van den Keere, or
Peter Keer, about 1605 edition perhaps 1676. click to enlargeKER8.jpg "Allonbye" dot, circle and tower; village item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) placename:- Allonbye |
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| 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. SP11NY04.jpg "Allonbye" circle, tower item:- private collection : 16 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jansson 1646 placename:- Allonbye |
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| 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. JAN3NY04.jpg "Allonbÿe" Buildings and tower. item:- JandMN : 88 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) placename:- Allonby |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1
inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the
Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the
Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715. MD12NY04.jpg "Allonby" Circle. item:- JandMN : 90 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag |
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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 1748 p.291 "..." "Allonby is grown from a petty village to have a kind of market, especially in the summer; it stretches along the coast in a straggling manner, but is tolerably well built, and has a considerable concourse for bathing in the sea." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 placename:- Allonby |
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| 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. BO18NY03.jpg "Allonby" circle, tower item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Allonby |
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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. D4NY04SE.jpg "ALLONBY" blocks, perhaps a church, labelled in block caps; a town item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) placename:- Allonby |
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| source data:- | Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181
Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802. goto source click to enlargeC38555.jpg page 555-556 "Allonby" item:- JandMN : 228.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cooke 1802 placename:- Allonby |
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| source data:- | Map, Cumberland, scale about 15.5 miles to 1 inch, by George
Cooke, 1802, bound in Gray's New Book of Roads, 1824, published
by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824. click to enlargeGRA1Cd.jpg "Allonby" blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cooke 1802 placename:- Allonby |
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| source data:- | Map, The Lakes, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 8.5
miles to 1 inch, engravedby Neele and Son, published by
Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824. click to enlargeGRA1Lk.jpg "Allonby" blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.5 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806 placename:- Allonby |
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| source data:- | Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10
miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert
H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834. click to enlargeLw18.jpg "Allonby 320" village or other place; distance from London; travellers supplied with post horses or carriages item:- private collection : 18.18 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cooper 1808 placename:- Allonby |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to
1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips,
Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808. click to enlargeCOP3.jpg "Allonby" circle; village or hamlet item:- JandMN : 86 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd) placename:- Allonby |
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| source data:- | Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 16
miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Stree, Soho,
London, 1810. click to enlargeWL13.jpg "Allonby" village, hamlet, house, ... item:- Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag placename:- Allenby |
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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 source Gentleman's Magazine 1816 part 2 p.278 "..." "JOSEPH HUDDART, ESQ. F.R.S. (see p.190)" "This venerable gentleman, whose distinguished services as a Geographer, and unwearied attention to the different departments of science which he embraced, fully entitled him to the gratitude of his Country, was born at Allenby, a village in Cumberland, 11th Jan. 1740-1, O.S at which place his father followed the profession of a shoemaker. He was an only child; and, at a proper age, was placed under the tuition of the Rev. Mr. Wilson, then clergyman of the parish of Allenby, who was an excellent classical scholar, but did not possess any knowledge of mathematicks, to which study the mind of his pupil seemed most to bend. ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Otley 1818 placename:- Allonby |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes,
Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to
1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies,
Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick,
Cumberland, et al, 1833. OT02NY04.jpg "ALLONBY" item:- JandMN : 48.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag item:- Gill, The |
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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 source Gentleman's Magazine 1819 part 1 p.507 From the Compendium of County History:- "Huddart, Capt. Joseph, hydrographer, Allonby, 1741." "..." "Reay, William, Bp. of Glasgow, the Gill in Allonby parish." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd) placename:- Allonby |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 21 miles
to 1 inch, engraved by Sidney Hall, published by S Leigh, 18
Strand, London, 1820-31. click to enlargeHA14.jpg "Allonby" circle, italic lowercase text; settlement item:- JandMN : 91 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Ford 1839 map placename:- Allonby |
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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. FD02NY04.jpg "ALLONBY" item:- JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H placename:- Allonby |
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| source data:- | Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and
Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John
Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s. GAR2NY04.jpg "ALLONBY" blocks, settlement item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Dickens 1857 placename:- Allonby |
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| source data:- | Book, The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices, by Charles Dickens,
1857. goto source Page 50:- "CHAPTER III." "..." "... Mr. Goodchild immediately referred to the county-map, and ardently discovered that the most delicious piece of sea-coast to be found within the limits of England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands, all summed up together, was Allonby on the coast of Cumberland. There" goto sourcePage 51:- "was the coast of Scotland opposite to Allonby, said Mr. Goodchild with enthusiasm; there was a fine Scottish mountain on the Scottish coast; there were Scottish lights to be seen shining across the glorious Channel, and at Allonby itself there was every idle luxury (no doubt), that a watering-place could offer to the heart of idle man. Moreover, said Mr. Goodchild, with his finger on the map, this exquisite retreat was approached by a coach-road, from a railway-station called Aspatria - ..." "... And now, behold the apprentices [Thomas Idle and Francis Goodchild] gallantly riding into Allonby on a one-horse fly, bent upon staying in that peaceful marine valley ..." ""Do you see Allonby!" asked Thomas Idle." ""I don't see it yet," said Francis looking out of the window." ""It must be there," said Thomas Idle." ""I don't see it, returned Francis." ""It must be there," repeated Thomas Idle, fretfully." ""Lord bless me!" exclaimed Francis, drawing in his head, "I suppose this is it!"" ""A watering-place," retorted Thomas Idle, with the pardonable sharpness of an invalid, "can't be five gentlemen in straw-hats, on a form on one side of a door, and four ladies in hats and falls, on a form on the other side of a door, and three geese in a dirty little brook before them, and a boy's legs hanging over a bridge (with the boy's body I suppose on the other side of the parapet), and a donkey running away. What are you talking about?"" goto sourcePage 52:- ""Allonby, gentlemen," said the most comfortable of landladies, as she opened one door of the carriage; "Allonby, gentlemen," said the most attentive of landlords, as he opened the other." "Thomas Idle yielded his arm to the ready Goodchild, and descended from the vehicle. Thomas, now just able to grope his way along, in a doubled-up condition, with the aid of two thick sticks, was no bad embodiment of Commodore Trunnion, or one of those many gallant Admirals of the stage, who have all ample fortunes, gout, thick-sticks, tempers, wards, and nephews. With this distinguished naval appearance upon him, Thomas made a crab-like progress up a clean little bulk-headed staircase, into a clean little bulk-headed room, where he slowly deposited himself on a sofa, with a stick on either hand of him, looking exceedingly grim." ""Francis," said Thomas Idle, "what do you think of this place?"" ""I think," returned Mr. Goodchild, in a glowing way, "it is everything we expected."" ""Hah!" said Thomas Idle." ""There is the sea," cried Mr. Goodchild, pointing out the window, "and here," pointing to the lunch on the table, "are shrimps. Let us -" here Mr. Goodchild looked out of the window, as if in search of something, and looked again, - "let us eat 'em."" "The shrimps eaten and the dinner ordered, Mr. Godchild went out to survey the watering-place. A Chorus of the Drama, without whom Thomas could make nothing of the scenery, he by-and-by returned, to have the following report screwed out of him." "In brief, it was the most delightful place ever seen." ""But," Thomas Idle asked, "where is it?"" ""It's what you may call generally up and down the beach, here and there," said Mr. Goodchild, with a twist of his hand." ""Proceed," said Thomas Idle." "It was, Mr. Goodchild went on to say, in cross-examination, what you might call a primitive place. Large? No, it was not large. Who ever expected it would be large? Shape? What a question to ask! No shape. What sort of a street? Why, no street. Shops? Yes, of course (quite indignant). How" goto sourcePage 53:- "many? Who ever went into a place to count the shops? Ever so many. Six? Perhaps. A library? Why, of course (indignant again). Good collection of books? Most likely - couldn't say - had seen nothing in it but a pair of scales. Any reading-room? Of course, there was a reading-room. Where? Where! why, over there. Where was over there? Why, there! Let Mr. Idle carry his eye to that bit of waste-ground above high-water mark, where the rank grass and loose stones were most in a litter; and he would see a sort of long ruinous brick loft, next door to a ruinous brick outhouse, which loft had a ladder outside, to get up by. That was the reading-room, and if Mr. Idle didn't like the idea of a weaver's shuttle throbbing under a reading-room, that was his look out. He was not to dictate, Mr. Goodchild supposed (indignant again), to the company." ""By-the-bye," Thomas Idle observed; "the company?"" "Well! (Mr. Goodchild went on to report) very nice company. Where were they? Why, there they were. Mr. Idle could see the tops of their hats, he supposed. What? Those nine straw hats again, five gentlemen's and four ladies'? Yes, to be sure. Mr. Goodchild hoped the company were not to be expected to wear helmets, to please Mr. Idle." "Beginning to recover his temper at about this point, Mr. Goodchild voluntarily reported that if you wanted to be primitive, you could be primitive here, and that if you wanted to be idle, you could be idle here. In the course of some days, he added, that there were three fishing-boats, but no rigging, and that there were plenty of fishermen who never fished. That they got their living entirely by looking at the ocean. What nourishment they looked out of it to support their strength, he couldn't say; but, he supposed it was some sort of Iodine. The place was full of their children, who were always upside down on the public buildings (two small bridges over the brook), and always hurting themselves or one another, so that their wailings made more continual noise in the air than could have been got in a busy place. The houses people lodged in, were nowhere in particular, and were in capital accordance with the beach; being all more or less cracked and damaged as its shells were, and all empty - as its shells were. Among them. was an edifice of destitute appearance, with a number of wall-eyed" goto sourcePage 54:- "windows in it, looking desperately out to Scotland as if for help, which said it was a Bazaar (and it ought to know), and where you might buy anything you wanted - supposing what you wanted, was a little camp-stool or a child's wheelbarrow. The brook crawled or stopped between the houses and the sea, and the donkey was always running away, and when he got into the brook he was pelted out with stones, which never hit him, and which always hit some of the children who were upside down on the public buildings, and made their lamentations louder. This donkey was the public excitement of Allonby, and probably supported at the public expense." "The foregoing descriptions, delivered in separate items, on separate days of adventurous discovery, Mr. Goodchild severally wound up, by looking out of the window, looking in again, and saying, "But there is the sea, and here are the shrimps - let us eat 'em."" "There were fine sunsets at Allonby when the low flat beach, with its pools of water and its dry patches, changed into long bars of silver and gold in various states of burnishing, and there were fine views - on fine days - of the Scottish coast. But, when it rained at Allonby, Allonby thrown back upon its ragged self, became a kind of place which the donkey seemed to have found out, and to have his highly sagacious reasons for wishing to bolt from. Thomas Idle observed, too, that Mr. Goodchild, with a noble show of disinterestedness, became every day more ready to walk to Maryport and back, for letters; and suspicions began to harbour in the mind of Thomas, that his friend deceived him, and that Maryport was a preferable place." "..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) placename:- Allonbey |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District Mining Field, Westmorland, Cumberland,
Lancashire, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Postlethwaite, published by W H
Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913. PST2NY04.jpg "ALLONBEY" dots, road item:- JandMN : 162.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Allonby |
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| source data:- | Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England
and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s. click to enlargePOF7Cm.jpg "Allonby" map date 1909 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Allonby |
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| source data:- | Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England
and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s. click to enlargePF10Cm.jpg "Allonby" map date 1892 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Allonby |
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| source data:- | Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England
and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s. click to enlargePOF2Cm.jpg "Allonby" map date 1890 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Allonby |
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| source data:- | Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England
and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s. click to enlargePOF8Cm.jpg "Allonby" map date 1873 |
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| evidence:- | old print:- placename:- Allonby |
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| source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Allonby, Cumberland, drawn by W H Bartlett, engraved
by J C Armytage, published 1840s. click to enlargePR0079.jpg Probably from Findens Views of the Ports, Harbours, Coast Scenery, and Watering Places of Great Britain, as continued by W H Bartlett. printed at bottom left, right, centre:- "W. H. Bartlett. / J. C. Armytage. / ALLONBY." item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.79 Image © see bottom of page |
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Carlisle Press, 3.9.1799:- |
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| "[On Sunday, the 25th ult., there was one of the most numerous and genteel congregations
at Allonby Chapel that has been seen for many years past, amomgst whom were several
of the principal gentry of the county. Immediately after divine service the clerk
gave notice 'that there would be a horse race at Allonby on the following Tuesday.']" |
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| hearsay:- |
Allonby is said to have been the base of a herring fishery, and had a smokery in the
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| person:- | sailor; ropemaker; surveyor; map maker : Huddart, Joseph |
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| date:- | 11.1.1740 |
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