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High Hesket, Hesket
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civil parish:-   Hesket (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY47584442
1Km square:-   NY4744
10Km square:-   NY44

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 31 15) 
placename:-  High Hesket
placename:-  Hesket, High
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:-   perhaps old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Hesket
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.
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Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church.  "Hesket"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Hesket
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.
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"Hesket"
circle 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Keer 1605
placename:-  Hesket
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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"Hesket"
dot, circle and tower; village 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Hesket
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.
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"Hesket"
circle, building, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Hesket
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.
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"Hesket"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38) 
placename:-  Hesket
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, continuation of the Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In mile 292, Cumberland.  "Hesket"
houses each side of the road, and a church on the left. 
item:-  JandMN : 21
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evidence:-   old map:- Berry 1679
placename:-  Hesket
source data:-   Road map, diagram, The Grand Roads of England, engraved by John Rich, made and published by William Berry, at the Sign of the Globe, London, 1679.
"Hesket"

evidence:-   possibly old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Hesket
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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"Hesket"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Hesket
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.
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"Hesket"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1699 map (edn 1712) 
placename:-  Hesket
source data:-   Road map, uncoloured engraving, a New Mapp of the Roads of England, by John Ogilby, published by William Bray, Exeter Court, Strand, London, 1712.
"Hesket"
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item:-  private collection : 263.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 94) 
placename:-  Hesket
source data:-   Strip maps, uncoloured engravings, road maps, The Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections in Lancashire and Westmorland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.
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item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.100
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evidence:-   old map:- Millward and Dickinson 1737
placename:-  Hesket
source data:-   Road map, photocopy, diagram, A New and Correct Map of Roads of England, probably published by T Millward and B Dickinson, Inigo Jones's Head, Fleet Street, London, 1737.
"Hesket"
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item:-  private collection : 264
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evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  Hesket
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Cumberland North from London, scale about 11 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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"Hesket"
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality 
item:-  JandMN : 115
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Hesketh
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.
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"Hesketh"
blocks, on road 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  High Hesket
placename:-  Hesket, High
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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"High Hesket"
blocks, and usually a church, labelled in upright lowercase; a village 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  High Hesket
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
image CY38p267, button  goto source
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page 267-268  "High Hesket"
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page 283-284  "High Hesket"
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  High Hesket
source data:-   Map, Cumberland, scale about 15.5 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, bound in Gray's New Book of Roads, 1824, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
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"High Hesket"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  High Hesket
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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"High Hesket"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  High Hesket
source data:-   Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, 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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"High Hesket 297"
village or other place; distance from London 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  High Hesket
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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"High Hesket 297"
village or other place; distance from London 
item:-  private collection : 18.21
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evidence:-   possibly old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Heskett
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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COP3.jpg
"Heskett"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 86
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evidence:-   old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd) 
placename:-  High Hesket
source data:-   Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Stree, Soho, London, 1810.
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"High Hesket"
village, hamlet, house, ... 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  High Hesket
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
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Page 174:-  "..."
"High Hesket, a large village, half-way between"
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Page 175:-  "Carlisle and Penrith. Has an excellent inn, the White Ox, conducted by Mrs. Pearson. ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  High Hesket
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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"High Hesket"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  High Hesket
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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"High Hesket"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old print:- Bradley 1901
placename:-  High Hesket
source data:-   Print, uncoloured lithograph, Near High Hesket, Hesket, Cumberland, by Joseph Pennell, published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1901.
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On page 263 of Highways and Byways in the Lake District, by A G Bradley. 
printed at bottom:-  "Near High Hesket."
item:-  JandMN : 464.70
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evidence:-   old text:- Harper 1907
item:-  Gretna marriageelopement
source data:-   Guidebook, The Manchester and Glasgow Road, by Charles G Harper, published by Chapman and Hall Ltd, London, 1907.
HP01p179.txt
Page 179:-  "[At Gretna,] ELLIOT'S most romantic clients were the Earl of Westmoreland and Miss Child, who eloped in 1782. The father of the young lady was the famous London banker, whose great fortune, and the prospect of marrying it, dazzled the Earl quite as much as the beauty of his daughter and heiress. She fell in love with the noble suitor, whose proposal did not, however, commend itself to the banker. "Your blood, my lord, is good," said he, "but money is better;" and he refused his consent. But the disappointed suitor was not disheartened, and then lovers eloped in a four-horse chaise; his canny lordship having arranged beforehand for relays of horses all the way: prudently at the strategic point of Shap, hiring every horse to be found there. Mr, Child, enraged, lost no time in following. Using every effort that money could procure, he at last came up with the fugitives changing at High Hesket; and, leaping from his chaise, drew a pistol and shot one of the leaders of their conveyance. At the same moment, one of the Earl's servants ran behind Mr. Child's carriage and cut the leather braces suspending the body. The Earl and his love proceeded with three horses, with the father pursuing. Not for long, however, for presently the body fell over, and pursuit became a laggard and hopeless rearguard. One hundred guineas was the fee paid to the fortunate Elliot by the Earl. Mr. Child died within a year of the affair, it is supposed from disappointment and anger at his daughter's disobedience. Rowlandson has, in his caricature "Filial Affection," drawn a more or less close commentary upon this incident. The banker took excellent care that neither of them should have his money, which he devised to any issue of the marriage. Lady Westmoreland died in 1793, leaving six children, and the Earl married again, at which is instinctively revolted."
"..."

evidence:-   old map:- Unknown 1910s
placename:-  High Hesket
source data:-   Map, ms black and colour inks, Tarn Wadling and area, Hesket, Cumberland, scale about 6 ins to 1 mile.
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item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 304
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Burrow 1920s
source data:-   Road book, On the Road, Dunlop Pictorial Road Plans, volume V, strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, irregular scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.
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item:-  private collection : 17
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photograph
BWR97.jpg  From a wall hanging in the church.
(taken 8.6.2012)  

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NY47514453 Greystone House (Hesket)
NY47624427 High Hesket CofE School (Hesket)
NY47904370 Old Town (Hesket)
NY47984359 pinfold, High Hesket (Hesket)
NY47634444 war memorial, High Hesket (Hesket)
NY47594448 weathervane, High Hesket (Hesket)
NY4744 White Ox (Hesket)
NY47604445 St Mary's Church (Hesket) L
NY47764404 milestone, Hesket (8) (Hesket)
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