Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Greenodd

civil parish:-

Egton with Newland (formerly Lancashire)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

SD31388254 (etc)

1Km square:-

SD3182

10Km square:-

SD38

CEY09.jpg (taken 29.4.2016)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Lan 11 8)
placename:- Greenodd

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:-

descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
item:- slate

source data:-

Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.

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Page 46, footnote:- "... a most beautiful bay, especially if the tide be up. It opens a little short of Penny-bridge, and continues to Greenodd, at the meeting of the rivers Leven and Crake, where this country slate is laid up for exportation."

evidence:-

old map:- West 1784 map
placename:- Green Odd

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.

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item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Greenod

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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item:- JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
placename:- Green Odd
item:- slate; timber; iron

source data:-

Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.

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Page 95:- "... Green Odd; where small craft take in their lading, consisting chiefly of slate, timber, and iron. ..."

evidence:-

possibly old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Egton

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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"Egton"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-

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

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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"Greenod"
blocks, settlement
item:- JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-

old print:- Waugh 1860
placename:- Greenodd

source data:-

Print, engraving, Greenodd, Egton with Newland, Lancashire, drawn by T H Wilson, engraved by Swain, published by Alexander Ireland and Co, 22 Market Street, Manchester, 1860.

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On p.45 of Over Sands to the Lakes, by Edwin Waugh.
printed at bottom left, right, centre:- "WILSON [ ] / SWAIN SC. / GREENODD"
item:- Armitt Library : A1082.17
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evidence:-

old print:- Barber 1873

source data:-

Print, ?colour lithograph, Greenodd, published by The Graphotyping Co, 7 Garrick Street and Simpkin, Marshall and Co, Stationers' Hall Court, London, and by J Atkinson, King Street, Ulverston, Cumberland, about 1873.