Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Cumwhitton

civil parish:-

Cumwhitton (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY50515222 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY5052

10Km square:-

NY55

BYY48.jpg (taken 2.8.2013)
photograph

BOD28.jpg Townfoot.
(taken 7.9.2007)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 24 16)
placename:- Cumwhitton

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:- Combe Whitton

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.

Sax9NY54.jpg
Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus. "Combe whitton"
item:- private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Combe Whitton

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.

SP11NY45.jpg
"Combe Whitton"
circle, tower
item:- private collection : 16
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Come Whitton

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.

JAN3NY55.jpg
"Come Whitton"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Comb Whitton

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.

MD12NY54.jpg
"Comb Whitton"
Circle, building and tower.
item:- JandMN : 90
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Comb Whitton

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.

BO18NY45.jpg
"Comb Whitton"
circle, tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

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

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.

D4NY55SW.jpg
"Cumwhitton"
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:- Cumwhitton

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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COP3.jpg
"Cumwhitton"
circle; village or hamlet
item:- JandMN : 86
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd)
placename:- Cumwhitton

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
"Cumwhitton"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement
item:- JandMN : 91
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Cumwhitton

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.

FD02NY55.jpg
"Cumwhitton"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

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

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.

GAR2NY55.jpg
"Cumwhitton"
blocks, settlement
item:- JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:- Cumwhitton

source data:-

Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.

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POF7Cm.jpg
"Cumwhitton"
map date 1909

evidence:-

old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:- Cumwhitton

source data:-

Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.

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PF10Cm.jpg
"Cumwhitton"
map date 1892

evidence:-

old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:- Cumwhitton

source data:-

Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.

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POF2Cm.jpg
"Cumwhitton"
map date 1890

images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

evidence:-

perhaps old painting:-

source data:-

Painting, watercolour, Cumwhitton or Croglin, Cumberland, by William James Blacklock, 1840-58.

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PR0946.jpg
Path to right of composition leads past small thatched cottage to larger whitewashed building beyond. Hills and woodland in background.
item:- Tullie House Museum : 1946.67.14
Image © Tullie House Museum

places:-

NY50675226 Beckside Farm (Cumwhitton)