Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Bolton-le-Sands, Lancashire

Bolton-le-Sands, Lancashire

Bolton-le-Sands

county:-

Lancashire

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

SD48386774 (etc)

1Km square:-

SD4867

10Km square:-

SD46

evidence:-

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38)
placename:- Boulton

source data:-

Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, continuation of the Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.

OG38m232.jpg
In mile 236, Lancashire. "Boulton"
row of houses each side of the road.
item:- JandMN : 21
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
placename:- Bolton

source data:-

Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.

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Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769
Page 215:- "..."
"Oct. 10. I proceeded by Burton to Lancaster, ... Four miles north of Lancaster, on a rising ground, called Bolton (pronounced Bouton) we had a full view of Cartmel sands, with here and there a passenger riding over them (it being low water) the points of Furness shooting far into the sea, and lofty mountains, partly covered with clouds,"

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Page 216:- "extending north of them. Lancaster also appeared very conspicuous and fine; for its most distinguished features, the castle and church, mounted on a green eminence, were all that could be seen."

evidence:-

old map:- West 1784 map
placename:- Bolton

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.

Ws02SD45.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-

road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
placename:- Bolton

source data:-

Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.

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C38267.jpg
page 267-268 "Bolton - Bull"
item:- JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Baker 1802
placename:- Bolton

source data:-

Perspective road maps with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland, by J Baker, London 1802.

Bk03Vg24.jpg
"Bolton"
item:- private collection : 3
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evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Bolton

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.

OT02SD46.jpg
item:- JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
placename:- Bolton-le-Sands

source data:-

Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.

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Page 152:- "..."
"Bolton-le-Sands.- In the neighbourhood of this village, the mountains of Westmorland and Cumberland combine very beautifully with Morecambe Bay."

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Bolton by the Sands

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.

evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Bolton

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.

evidence:-

old map:- Burrow 1920s

source data:-

Road book, On the Road, Dunlop Pictorial Road Plans, volume V, strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, irregular scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.

places:-

SD47986825 Bolton-le-Sands Station ()

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