Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Gosforth
	parish	Gosforth parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		building/s
	coordinates:-	NY070035
	10Km square:-	NY00
	place code:-	Gsfr
	1Km square	NY0703
		Gosforth -- Gosforth -- Cumbria / -- Village sign made with pebbles, 1996. -- 13.10.2006
	source:-	Martineau 1855
		Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-71.
		Page 122:-
		... Gosforth (the reddest of villages) ...
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	old map:-	Garnett 1850s-60s H
		Map of the English Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
		Gosforth
		blocks, settlement
	placename:-	Gosforth
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s
	old map:-	Ford 1839 map
		Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, 1839.
		Gosforth
	placename:-	Gosforth
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	descriptive text:-	Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
		Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839; published 1839-52.
		Page 171:-
		...
		Gosforth, a large, irregularly-built village, ... From this village, two roads lead to Wast Water - one directly to the left, over rising grounds, which brings you immediately to the lake; the other is by the Strands. ...
	placename:-	Gosforth
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	descriptive text:-	Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
		Guidebook, Concise Description of the English Lakes, later A Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirky Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823 onwards.
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		Page 161:-
		A superincumbent bed of limestone, by some called the mountain, by others the upper transition limestone, mantles round these mountains, in a position unconformable to the strata of the slaty and other rocks upon which it reposes. It bassets out near ...
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		Page 162:-
		... in the neighbourhood of Gosforth and Calder Bridge, a red sandstone intervenes, so that the limestone is either wanting or buried under more recent formations. ...
	date:-	1823
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	source:-	Otley 1818
		New Map of the District of the Lakes, in Westmorland, Cumberland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, published by J Otley, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1818; pblished 1818 to 1850s.
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		GOSFORTH
	placename:-	Gosforth
	old map:-	Cooke 1802
		Maps, Westmoreland, Cumberland, etc, now Cumbria, by George Alexander Cooke, London, 1802-10; published 1802-24.
		Gosforth
		blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality
	placename:-	Gosforth
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	old map:-	Bowen and Kitchin 1760
		New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, published by T Bowles, John Bowles and Son, Robert Sayer, and John Tinney, 1760; published 1760-87.
		Gosforth
		circle, building and tower
	placename:-	Gosforth
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Cmd)
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695.
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		Gosforth
		Circle, building and tower.
	placename:-	Gosforth
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Jansson 1646
		Map, Cumbria et Westmoria, or Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646; published 1646-1724.
		Gosforth
		Buildings and tower.
	placename:-	Gosforth
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1646
	period:-	17th century, early; 1640s
	old map:-	Speed 1611 (Cmd)
		Maps, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, London, 1611; published 1611-1770.
		Gofforth
		circle, building, tower
	placename:-	Gofforth
	date:-	1611
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s
	old map:-	Saxton 1579
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		Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church.
		Gosforthe
	placename:-	Gosforthe
	county:-	Cumberlandia
		village
	date:-	1576
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	old map:-	Cooper 1808
		Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by G and W B Whittaker, 13 Ave Maria Lane, London, 1824.
		Gosforth
		circle; village or hamlet
	placename:-	Gosforth
	locality:-	Allerdale above Derwent Ward
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1808
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	old map:-	Hall 1820 (Cmd)
		Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, now Cumbria, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.
		Gosforth
		circle, italic lowercase text; settlement
	placename:-	Gosforth
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1820
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	old map:-	Badeslade 1742
		A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, and descriptive text, Cumberland similarly, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
		Go[fs]ort
		circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality
	placename:-	Gofsort
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1742
	period:-	18th century, early
		photographs
		Gosforth Post Office and Albert Jackson's shop
		courtesy of Dori and Geoff
		Gosforth -- Gosforth -- Cumbria /
		Blennerhazel, Gosforth
		brewery, Gosforth
		Buckbarrow House, Gosforth
		Globe, Gosforth
		Gosforth CofE Primary School, Gosforth
		Gosforth Cross, Gosforth
		Gosforth Hall, Gosforth
		guide stone, Gosforth
		Lion and Lamb, Gosforth
		Row Farm, Gosforth
		school, Gosforth
		St Mary, Gosforth
		Wellington Bridge, Gosforth
		Wellington, Gosforth
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013

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