Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Garrigill, Alston Moor

Garrigill, Alston Moor

Garrigill

civil parish:-

Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY74464155 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY7441

10Km square:-

NY74

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 42 6)
placename:- Garrigill

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:- Gargill

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.

Sax9NY74.jpg
Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church. "Gargill"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?)
placename:- Cargil

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.

MER8CumD.jpg
"Cargil"
circle
item:- JandMN : 169
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evidence:-

old map:- Keer 1605
placename:- Garlgill

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, probably by Pieter van den Keere, or Peter Keer, about 1605 edition perhaps 1676.

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KER8.jpg
"Garlgill"
dot, circle and tower; village
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110
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evidence:-

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

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.

SP11NY74.jpg
"Gargill"
circle, building, tower
item:- private collection : 16
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evidence:-

possibly old map:- Jenner 1643
placename:- Garthill

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.

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"Garthill"
circle

evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Gargill

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.

JAN3NY74.jpg
"Gargill"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

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

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.

MD12NY74.jpg
"Garill"
Circle, building and tower.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
placename:- Gargill

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.

SMP2NYS.jpg
"Gargill"
Circle.
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-

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

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.

BO18NY73.jpg
"Gargill"
circle and line
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

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

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.

D4NY74SE.jpg
"Garrigillgate"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house with a church
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

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

source data:-

Road map, Continuation of the Roads to Glasgow and Edinburgh, 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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Lw21.jpg
"Carrigillgate 267½"
village or other place; distance from London
item:- private collection : 18.21
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evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag
item:- longevity

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.

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Gentleman's Magazine 1816 part 2 p.601
Biographical note from the Compendium of County History:- "Taylor, John, lived to the age of 135, Garragill, 1638."

evidence:-

probably old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd)
placename:- Garrigilgate

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

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Garrigillgate

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.

FD02NY74.jpg
"Garrigillgate"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-

old print:- Wallace 1890
placename:- Garrigill Gate

source data:-

Print, lithograph, Garrigill Gate, from a photograph by T Bramwell, Alston, Cumberland, published by Mawson, Swan and Morgan, Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, 1890

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Tipped in opposite p.18 in Alston Moor, its Pastoral People, its Mines and Miners.
printed at bottom:- "T. Bramwell / Photor. Alston / GARRIGILL GATE."
item:- private collection : 160.3
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