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Burton, Warcop
Burton
civil parish:-   Warcop (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   building/s (once) 
coordinates:-   NY74401850 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY7418
10Km square:-   NY71
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 16 5) 
placename:-  Burton
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.
"Burton"
evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Burton
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.  "Burton"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Burton
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"Burton"
circle, building and tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Burton
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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"Burton"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Burton
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Burton"
evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1670
placename:-  Burton
source data:-   Records, hearth tax returns, exchequer duplicates, Westmorland, 1670.
"Burton"
evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Burton
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.
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"Burton"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Burton
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
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"Burton"
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Burton
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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"Burton"
circle 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Burton
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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"Burton"
blocks, labelled in upright lowercase text; settlement; town? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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evidence:-   old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) 
placename:-  Burton
source data:-   Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
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Page 159:-  "..."
"At Burton in Warcop parish was born Christopher Bainbridge, dean of York, bishop of Durham, and archbishop of York, who was sent ambassador by Henry VIII. to the Pope who created him a cardinal: but happening to strike his steward, the revengeful Italian poisoned him, and he died and was buried at Rome 1511."
evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Burton
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Burton"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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