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Distington
civil parish:-   Distington (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY00622344 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY0023
10Km square:-   NY02

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 61 7) 
placename:-  Distington
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:-  Distinton
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.  "Distinton"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Distinton
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, about 1595.
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"Distinton"
circle 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Distinton
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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"Distinto~"
circle, building, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Distinton
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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"Distinto~"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Distington
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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"Distington"
Circle, building and tower, sharing its symbol with Haye Castle. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  Bistington
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Cumberland North from London, scale about 11 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
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"Bistington"
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality 
item:-  JandMN : 115
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Distington
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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"Distington / R"
circle, building and tower, rectory 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Distington
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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"Distington"
blocks, and usually a church, labelled in upright lowercase; a village 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Distington
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
image CY38p317, button  goto source
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page 317-318  "Distington"
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Dislington
source data:-   Map, Cumberland, scale about 15.5 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, bound in Gray's New Book of Roads, 1824, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
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"Dislington"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Distington
source data:-   Map, The Lakes, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 8.5 miles to 1 inch, engravedby Neele and Son, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
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"Distington"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Distington
source data:-   Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.
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"Distington 301 [ ]"
village or other place; distance from London 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Dissington
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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"Dissington"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 86
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evidence:-   old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Distington
source data:-   Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Stree, Soho, London, 1810.
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"Distington"
village, hamlet, house, ... 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Dissington
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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"DISSINGTON"
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Distington
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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"Distington"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 91
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Distington
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.
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"Distington"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Distington
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.
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"Distington"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Distington
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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"Distington"
map date 1909 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Distington
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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"Distington"
map date 1892 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Distington
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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"Distington"
map date 1890 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

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NY00562257 Belle Vue (Distington)
NY00532278 brewery, Distington (Distington) gone
NY00142252 Castle Mill (Distington)
NY00602345 chapel, Distington (2) (Distington)
NY00412362 church, Distington (Distington) L
NY00482270 Common End (Distington)
NY00512363 Distington Community Centre (Distington)
NY00952391 Distington Mill (Distington)
NY00992408 Distington Station (Distington)
NY00572320 Distington: Main Street, 102 (Distington)
NY01212377 Distington Engine Shed (Distington)
NY01342423 Furnace Row (Winscales)
NY00592327 Globe Hotel (Distington) once
NY00422360 Church of the Holy Spirit (Distington) L
NY00522290 milestone, Distington (2) (Distington) L
NY00942388 Mill Cottages (Distington)
NY00372257 Distington Museum (Distington) gone
NY00322248 pinfold, Distington (Distington)
NY00922392 police station, Distington (Distington)
NY00432353 Providence Corner (Distington)
NY00652356 Queen's Head (Distington)
NY00972409 railway bridge, Distington (Distington)
NY00602396 railway bridge, Distington (2) (Distington)
NY00392367 railway bridge, Distington (3) (Distington)
NY00292349 railway bridge, Distington (4) (Distington)
NY01412420 railway bridge, Distington (5) (Distington) gone
NY00602320 Reading Room (Distington)
NY00662294 saw mill, Distington (Distington) gone
NY00382241 school, Common End (Distington)
NY00552357 school, Distington (Distington)
NY00602341 school, Distington (2) (Distington) gone
NY00502354 school, Distington (3) (Distington)
NY01052415 Tollbar Houses (Distington)
NY03 West Cumberland Electric Tramways () proposed
NY00632373 vicarage, Distington (Distington)
NY00522295 war memorial, Distington (Distington)
NY02022427 Distington Ironworks (Distington) gone
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