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Longdale, Orton S
Longdale
locality:-   Langdale
civil parish:-   Orton S (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY64490509 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY6404
10Km square:-   NY60
Langdale
Langden
locality:-   Longdale
civil parish:-   Orton S (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY64540507
1Km square:-   NY6405
10Km square:-   NY60
evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Langdale
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.  "Langdale"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Langdale
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.
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"Langdale"
circle 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.3
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Langdale
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.
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"Langdale"
circle, building and tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   probably table of distances:- Simons 1635
placename:-  Langdale
source data:-   Table of distances, uncoloured engraving, Westmerland ie Westmorland, with a thumbnail map, scale about 42 miles to 1 inch, by Mathew Simons, published in A Direction for the English Traviller, 1635.
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"Langdale N"
and tabulated distances 
item:-  private collection : 50.39
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Langdale
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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"Langdale"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Langdale
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.
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"Langdale"
Circle. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Langdale
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
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"Langdale"
Building. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Langdale
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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"Langdale"
circle and line 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Langbale
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.
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"Langbale"
blocks, labelled in upright lowercase text; settlement; town? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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evidence:-   probably old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) 
placename:-  Lang Gill
source data:-   Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
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Page 155:-  "..."
"The river Lune rising a little above Ravenstondale, or Rissendale, runs by Lang gill, where was born the learned Dr. Barlow bishop of Lincoln, distinguished by his great reading and his zeal against popery. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Langbale
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Langbale"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Langdale
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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"Langdale"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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