Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Bridekirk

civil parish:-

Bridekirk (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY11823358 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY1133

10Km square:-

NY13

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 45 16)
placename:- Bridekirk

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:- Bridekirke

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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Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church. "Bridekirke"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Bridekirk

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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"Bridekirk"
circle, building, tower
item:- private collection : 16
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evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Bridekirk

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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"Bridekirk"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96)
placename:- Bridkirk

source data:-

Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.

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In mile 16, Cumberland.
Four turnings left, along a stretch of road:- "to Bridkirk"
item:- JandMN : 22
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Bride Kirk

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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"Bride Kirk"
Circle, building and tower.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

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

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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"Birdkirk / V"
circle, building and tower, vicarage
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

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

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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"Bridekirk"
blocks, and usually a church, labelled in upright lowercase; a village
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Bride Kirk

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.

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"Bride Kirk"
circle; village or hamlet
item:- JandMN : 86
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evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Bridekirk

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.

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"BRIDEKIRK"
item:- JandMN : 48.1
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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.

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Gentleman's Magazine 1819 part 1 p.507
From the Compendium of County History:- "Williamson, Sir Joseph, secretary of state to Charles II. Bridekirk, 1644;"

evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag 1819

source data:-

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Gentleman's Magazine 1816 part 2 p.601
Biographical note from the Compendium of County History:- "Tickell, Thomas, poet, Bridekirk, 1686."

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Bridekirk

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:- Bridekirk

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.

places:-

NY12003338 Appleton Hall (Bridekirk)

NY11913315 Bonnyhill (Papcastle)

NY11973352 Bridekirk House (Bridekirk) gone

NY11713366 Bridekirk Vicarage (Bridekirk) L

NY12043298 Gale House (Bridekirk)

NY11943362 Home Farm (Bridekirk)

NY11643368 St Bridget's Church (Bridekirk) L

NY11823341 Springwell (Bridekirk)

NY11783369 Bridekirk Hall (Bridekirk)

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