Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Low Crosby, Stanwix Rural

Low Crosby, Stanwix Rural

Low Crosby

locality:-

Crosby-on-Eden

civil parish:-

Stanwix Rural (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY44665950 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY4459

10Km square:-

NY45

BUY77.jpg (taken 22.7.2011)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 17 9)
placename:- Low Crosby
placename:- Crosby, Low

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:- Crosbye

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.

Sax9NY45.jpg
Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church. "Crosbye"
item:- private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Crosbye

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.

JAN3NY46.jpg
"Crosbÿe"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Crosby

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.

D4NY45NE.jpg
"Crosby"
blocks, and usually a church, labelled in upright lowercase; a village
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:- Low Crosby

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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GRA1Cd.jpg
"Low Crosby"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:- Low Crosby

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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Lw21.jpg
"Low Crosby"
village or other place
item:- private collection : 18.21
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Low Crosby

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.

FD02NY46.jpg
"Low Crosby"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Low Crosby

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.