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| Crosby Ravensworth | ||||
| civil parish:- | Crosby Ravensworth (formerly Westmorland) | |||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| locality type:- | locality | |||
| locality type:- | buildings | |||
| coordinates:- | NY62141479 (etc) | |||
| 1Km square:- | NY6214 | |||
| 10Km square:- | NY61 | |||
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 14 16) placename:- Crosby Ravensworth |
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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:- Crosbyeravenswath |
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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. Sax9NY51.jpg Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church. "Crosbyeravenswath" item:- private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) placename:- Crosbieravenswath |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Cestria
etc, ie Westmorland, Lancashire, Cheshire etc, scale about 10.5
miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, 1595,
edition 1613-16. MER5WmdA.jpg "Crosbieravenswath" circle item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.3 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) placename:- Crosbyeravenswath |
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| 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. SP14NY61.jpg "Crosbyeravenswath" circle, building and tower item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | table of distances:- Simons 1635 placename:- Crosby Ravensworth |
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| source data:- | Table of distances, uncoloured engraving, Westmerland ie
Westmorland, with a thumbnail map, scale about 42 miles to 1
inch, by Mathew Simons, published in A Direction for the English
Traviller, 1635. click to enlargeSIM3.jpg "Crosby Rave~sw: N" and tabulated distances item:- private collection : 50.39 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jansson 1646 placename:- Crosbyerawenswath |
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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. JAN3NY61.jpg "Crosbyerawe~swath" Buildings and tower. item:- JandMN : 88 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd) placename:- Crosbyerawensworth |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles
to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694. click to enlargeSEL7.jpg "Crosbyerawensworth" circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) placename:- Crosbyravenswath |
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| 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. MD10NY61.jpg "Crosbyravenswath" Circle, building and tower, in a park. item:- JandMN : 24 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Badeslade 1742 placename:- Crosby |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Westmorland North from
London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text,
by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William
Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742. click to enlargeBD12.jpg "Crosby" circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) placename:- Crosby |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1
inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746. SMP2NYK.jpg "Crosby" Circle and park. item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 placename:- Crosby Ravensworth |
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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. BO18NY51.jpg "Crosby Ravensworth / V" circle, building and tower, vicarage item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) placename:- Crosby Ravensworth |
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| 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. J5NY61SW.jpg "CROSBY RAVENSWORTH" blocks on a street plan, labelled in block caps; settlement, market town? item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) placename:- Crosby Ravensworth |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles
to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805. CY24NY61.jpg "Crosby Ravensworth" blocks, church symbol, labelled in upright lowercase; village item:- JandMN : 129 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Capper 1808 placename:- Crosby Ravensworth item:- population; swine; ham |
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| source data:- | Gazetteer, A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom,
compiled by Benjamin Pitts Capper, published by Richard
Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808; published
1808-29. goto source"..." "CROSBY RAVENSWORTH, a parish in West ward, Westmoreland, 3½miles from Appleby, and 275 from London; containing 151 houses and 789 inhabitants. A number of swine are bred in this parish, and the hams cured here, as well as in other parts of the country, are of a peculiarly fine flavour; yet there is nothing particular in their cure, except their being dryed over peat. In this parish are three good grammar schools. The church is a gothic building, with a square tower and three bells. The living is a vicarage, value 7l. 13s. 4d. in the patronage of Mary viscountess Andover." "..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cooper 1808 placename:- Crosby Ravensworth |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale
about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R
Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808. click to enlargeCOP4.jpg "Crosby Ravensworth" circle; village or hamlet item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Wordsworth 1810 placename:- Crosby item:- deer |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Description of the Scenery of the Lakes, later A
Guide through the District of The Lakes, by William Wordsworth,
1810-35. goto source page 47 "... "Sir Launcelot Threlkeld, who lived in the reign of Henry VII., was wont to say, he had three noble houses, one for pleasure, Crosby, in Westmoreland, where he had a park full of deer; one for profit and warmth, wherein to reside in winter, namely, Yanwith, nigh Penrith; and the third, Threlkeld, (on the edge of the Vale of Keswick), well stocked with tenants to go with him to the wars." ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd) placename:- Crosby Ravensworth |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale
about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820,
published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31. click to enlargeHA18.jpg "Crosby Ravensworth" circle, italic lowercase text; settlement item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.58 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 source Gentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.513 From the Compendium of County History:- "Addison, Lancelot, learned Dean of Lichfield, Crosby Ravensworth, 1632." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Ford 1839 map placename:- Crosby Ravensworth |
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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. FD02NY61.jpg "Crosby Ravensworth" item:- JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H placename:- Crosby Ravensworth |
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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. GAR2NY61.jpg "Crosby Ravensworth" blocks, settlement item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Crosby Ravensworth |
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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 "Crosby Ravensworth" map date 1909 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Crosby Ravensworth |
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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 "Crosby Ravensworth" map date 1892 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Crosby Ravensworth |
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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 "Crosby Ravensworth" map date 1890 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Crosby Ravensworth |
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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 "Crosby Ravensworth" map date 1873 |
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