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Greystoke
Greystick
civil parish:-   Greystoke (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY44023085 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY4430
10Km square:-   NY43


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BVG84.jpg (taken 19.8.2011)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 58 1) 
placename:-  Greystoke
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:- Gough 1350s-60s
placename:-  Greystok
source data:-   Map, colour photozincograph copy, reduced size facsimile, Gough Map of Britain, scale about 28.5 miles to 1 inch, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1875.
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item:-  JandMN : 33
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evidence:-   old map:- Gough 1350s-60s
placename:-  Greystok
source data:-   Map, lithograph facsimile, Gough Map of Britain, 20 miles to 1 inch? published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1935.
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Ggh2Cm.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 34
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evidence:-   old map:- Lloyd 1573
placename:-  Graistoke
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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"Graistoke"
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA1998.69
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evidence:-   possibly old map:- Keer 1605
placename:-  Graston
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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"Graston"
dot, circle and tower; village 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110
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evidence:-   old map:- Sanson 1679
placename:-  Grastock
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about 9.5 miles to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679.
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"Grastock"
circle, building and tower, flag; town? 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Graystock
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.
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"Graystock"
blocks, and usually a church, labelled in upright lowercase; a village 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Greystock
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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Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 
Page 202:-  "..."
"Oct. 2. I set out at ten for Keswick [from Penrith], by the road we went in 1767; say (sic) Greystock town and castle to the right, which lie about three miles from Ulls-water over the fells; ..."

evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Greystock
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
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Page 55:-  "It is worth while here to mention some singular customs in use at funerals in these environs. Notwithstanding some tenements in this dale are seven miles distant from Greystock, they are all obliged to bury their dead there: all the relations of the deceased who reside within twenty miles, and all the neighbours, attend the funeral. A dinner is provided for them, and after dinner two pennyworth of wheaten bread, and a piece of cheese (by way of viaticum I suppose) is given to each person: the corpse is then laid upon a bier, and carried upon the shoulders of those who attend by turns, (a piece of duty from which even the women are not exempted) till they arrive at a large stone at Greystock town-head: Here they set the coffin down, and from hence it is carried to the church, (which is distant near a mile) by six persons, upon napkins: during this last part of the procession, the parish-clerk and people sing a psalm before the body, and walk, (be the weather as bad as it will) with their hats off. After the corpse is interred the company retire to the ale-house, here they are again refreshed with bread and cheese, and ale."
"This method is invariably followed, whatever be the quality of the deceased; an instance of which I saw about three years ago, when a person of considerable property was thus carried from Lowside, (see plate V.) during a very deep snow: scarce any one present had a horse; and though the deceased was much respected, and left no children, (whose property might have been diminished by an expensive funeral,) he would not be prevailed upon to permit an hearse to be used, or omit any part of the old ceremonial, and this he expressly commanded before his death."

evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Graystock
source data:-   Map, The Lakes, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 8.5 miles to 1 inch, engravedby Neele and Son, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
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"Graystock"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Greystock
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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"Greystock"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 86
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Greystoke
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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"GREYSTOKE"
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
placename:-  Greystock
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 1819 part 1 p.507 
From the Compendium of County History:-  "Law, John, Bp. of Elphin, friend of Paley, Greystock, (died 1810.)"

evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag 1819
source data:-   image G816B601, button  goto source
Gentleman's Magazine 1816 part 2 p.601 
Biographical note from the Compendium of County History:-  "Foster, Elizabeth, martyr, Greystock (burnt in Smithfield 1556)."
"..."
"Hudleston, John, catholic priest, preserver of Charles II. Greystock, 1608."

evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
item:-  geology
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 161:-  "... the old red sandstone formation; ... whether it passes under or only abuts against the adjacent limestone, I have not yet myself had an opportunity of observing; but have been told that their junction may be seen near Shap Abbey; and in a quarry near Greystoke."

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Greystoke
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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"Greystoke"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Greystoke
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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"Greystoke"
blocks, settlement, cross, a church 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) 
placename:-  Greystoke
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District Mining Field, Westmorland, Cumberland, Lancashire, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Postlethwaite, published by W H Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913.
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"GREYSTOKE"
dots, roads 
item:-  JandMN : 162.2
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evidence:-   market notes:- 
item:-  market
source data:-   www.history.ac.uk/cmh/gaz/gazweb2.htm

 Post Office maps

places:-  
NY44263092 Blue Hills (Greystoke)
NY44003083 Boot and Shoe (Greystoke) L
NY44423067 bridge, Greystoke (Greystoke)
NY44703053 bridge, Greystoke (2) (Greystoke)
NY44043089 Bushby House (Greystoke) L
NY44313081 Church House (Greystoke)
NY44013080 Church View (Greystoke) L
NY44013087 cross, Greystoke (Greystoke) L
NY44043087 fingerpost, Greystoke (Greystoke)
NY43923125 fingerpost, Greystoke (3) (Greystoke)
NY43903085 Foxglove Cottage (Greystoke)
NY44013093 Garth, The (Greystoke) L
NY44023078 Greystoke School (Greystoke) L
NY44043084 Greystoke Village Hall (Greystoke)
NY44063079 Greystoke: Church Road, 3 (Greystoke)
NY44083080 Greystoke: Church Road, 5 (Greystoke) L
NY44093079 house, Greystoke (Greystoke)
NY44043078 house, Greystoke (2) (Greystoke)
NY43843084 Inglenook Cottage (Greystoke) L
NY43663072 Lattendales Farm (Greystoke) L
NY43733077 Lattendales (Greystoke) L
NY43593066 Layton Manor (Greystoke) L
NY43983090 lodge, Greystoke Castle (Greystoke)
NY4330 Graystoke Mill (Greystoke) suggested
NY44413092 Old Rectory, The (Greystoke) L
NY43933126 Greystoke Cycle Cafe (Greystoke) L
NY43923123 Poplin (Greystoke)
NY44043081 Greystoke Post Office (Greystoke) L
NY44193079 Sanctuary Stone (Greystoke)
NY44003105 Sharkey Bridge, Greystoke (Greystoke)
NY43973085 Smithy Cottages (Greystoke)
NY44323086 Spillers Stone (Greystoke)
NY43983105 Stafford House (Greystoke) L
NY44013087 stocks, Greystoke (Greystoke) gone
NY44163093 Thorpe Bridge (Greystoke)
NY44223108 Thorpe Farm (Greystoke) L
NY43543089 Greystoke Castle (Greystoke) L
NY4430 Greystoke College (Greystoke)
NY44323079 St Andrew's Church (Greystoke) L
NY44043078 Crossways (Greystoke) L
NY44243078 War Memorial Bridge (Greystoke) L
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