Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Great Asby, Asby

Great Asby, Asby

Great Asby

civil parish:-

Asby (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY68021321 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY6813

10Km square:-

NY61

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 22 3)
placename:- Great Asby
placename:- Asby, Great

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:- Ashby Magna

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.

Sax9NY61.jpg
Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church. "Ashby mag:"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

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

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Cestria etc, ie Westmorland, Lancashire, Cheshire etc, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, 1595, edition 1613-16.

MER5WmdA.jpg
"Ashbye"
circle
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.3
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd)
placename:- Great Ashby

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.

SP14NY61.jpg
"Great Ashby"
circle, tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Great Ashby

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.

JAN3NY61.jpg
"G. Ashbÿ"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd)
placename:- Great Ashby

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.

MD10NY61.jpg
"Great Ashby"
Circle, building and tower.
item:- JandMN : 24
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evidence:-

old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:- Great Ashby

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 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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BD12.jpg
"G. Ashby"
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
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evidence:-

old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
placename:- Great Ashby

source data:-

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

SMP2NYQ.jpg
"G. Ashby"
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Asby Magna

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.

BO18NY61.jpg
"Asby Mag. / R"
circle, building and tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Great Asby
placename:- Asby, Great

source data:-

Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.

J5NY61SE.jpg
"Great Asby"
blocks, labelled in upright lowercase text; settlement; town?
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)
placename:- Great Alby
placename:- Alby, Great

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

CY24NY61.jpg
"Great Alby"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet
item:- JandMN : 129
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Ashby

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.

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COP4.jpg
"Ashby"
circle; village or hamlet
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-

old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd)
placename:- Great Asby

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.

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HA18.jpg
"Gt Asby"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.58
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evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag

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.

goto source
Gentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.514
From the Compendium of County History:- "Smith, George, founder of the school in his native parish, Asby."
"[Smith] Dr. Bishop of Carlisle, cousin of the above, Asby."

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Great Ashby

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.

FD02NY61.jpg
"Gt. Ashby"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:- Great Asby

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
"Gt. Asby"
map date 1909

images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

hearsay:-

The rectory has the remains of a pele tower built 14th century. Lady Anne Clifford was given shelter at the rectory from a storm, in thanks she gave the rector a door lock - this is now in the church.

At Marble Mill, by the beck, the local limestone was polished into marble.

hearsay:-

George Steadman lived here, 1846-1904. He retired from Cumberland Wrestling in 1900, age 54, having won the Grasmere championships 17 times.

personal

person:-

wrestler
: Steadman, George

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