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Blencogo, Bromfield
Blencogo
civil parish:-   Bromfield (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY19574789 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY1947
10Km square:-   NY14


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CFG32.jpg (taken 29.7.2016)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 28 11) 
placename:-  Blencogo
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:-  Blencougey
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.
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Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus.  "Blencougey"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Blencougey
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.
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"Blenc[ou]gey"
circle, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Blencongey
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.
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"Blencongey"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Blencoggey
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.
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"Blencog[g]e[y]"
Circle. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Blencogo
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.
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"Blencogo"
circle 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Blencogo
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.
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"Blencogo"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
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.
image G816B601, button  goto source
Gentleman's Magazine 1816 part 2 p.601 
Biographical note from the Compendium of County History:-  "Boucher, Jonathan, loyalist divine, Saxon scholar, Blencogo, 1758."

evidence:-   old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Blencog
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.
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HA14.jpg
"Blencog"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 91
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places:-  
NY19794812 barn, Blencogo (Bromfield)
NY19664801 Blencogo Farm (Bromfield) L
NY19814773 Blencogo Hall (Bromfield)
NY19814815 Blencogo House (Bromfield) L
NY20044824 Blencogo Village Hall (Bromfield) L
NY20034822 drain, Blencogo (Bromfield)
NY19554787 Forge, The (Bromfield)
NY19614790 Green (Bromfield)
NY19714775 Laurel Grove (Bromfield)
NY19564779 Leadgate Hill (Bromfield)
NY20144771 Lickermere Lonning (Bromfield)
NY19894818 New Inn (Bromfield)
NY19984820 School Cottages (Bromfield)
NY19664800 South View (Bromfield)
NY19774821 village pump, Blencogo (Bromfield)
NY19404795 Watch Hill (Bromfield)
NY19744805 barn, Blencogo (2) (Bromfield)
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