Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Flimby

civil parish:-

Maryport (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY02263372 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY0233

10Km square:-

NY03

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 44 16)
placename:- Flimby

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:- OS County Series (Cmd 44 16)
placename:- Low Flimby
placename:- Flimby, Low

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:-

perhaps old map:- Lloyd 1573
placename:- Fleby

source data:-

Map, hand coloured copper plate engraving, Angliae Regni, Kingdom of England, with Wales, scale about 24 miles to 1 inch, authored by Humphrey Lloyd, Denbigh, Clwyd, drawn and engraved by Abraham Ortelius, Netherlands, 1573.

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Lld1Cm.jpg
"Fleby"
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA1998.69
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Flimbye

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.

Sax9NX93.jpg
Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus. "Flimbye"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

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

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.

SP11NY02.jpg
"Flimbye"
circle, tower
item:- private collection : 16
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Jenner 1643
placename:- Flymbye

source data:-

Tables of distances with a maps, Westmerland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, published by Thomas Jenner, London, 1643; published 1643-80.

JEN4Sq.jpg
"Flymbye"
circle

evidence:-

old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd)
placename:- Flimbye

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.

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SEL9.jpg
"Flimbye"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Flimby

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.

MD12NY03.jpg
"Flimby"
Circle.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

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

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.

BO18NX92.jpg
"Flimby"
circle and line
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

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

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.

D4NY03SW.jpg
"Flimby"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:- Flimby

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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Lw18.jpg
"Flimby 308¾"
village or other place; distance from London
item:- private collection : 18.18
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Flimby

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

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Flimby

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.

OT02NY03.jpg
item:- JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-

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

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
"Flimby"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement
item:- JandMN : 91
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evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Flimby

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.

FD02NY03.jpg
"Flimby"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

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

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.

GAR2NY03.jpg
"Flimby"
blocks, settlement
item:- JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

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

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
"Flimby"
map date 1909

evidence:-

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

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
"Flimby"
map date 1892

images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

notes:-

Land here was given to the monks of Holm Coultram Abbey, 1279. After the Reformation, Henry VIII granted Flimby to Thomas Dalston, Carlisle. He sold the land to John Blennerhasset. The Blennerhasset Family lived at Flimby Hall to 1772.

reference:-

Flimby

Adams, Douglas & Lloyd, John: 1990: Deeper Meaning of Life, The: Pan Books &Faber and Faber

places:-

NY02393346 Allanby House (Maryport) L gone

NY02573333 Anthony's Well (Maryport)

NY030332 Buckbank Wood (Maryport)

NY0233 Cat Gill (Maryport)

NY02493334 chapel, Flimby (Maryport)

NY02473336 chapel, Flimby (2) (Maryport)

NY03573459 coal mine, Flimby (2) (Maryport)

NY02573485 coal mine, Flimby (3) (Maryport)