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Milnthorpe
civil parish:-   Milnthorpe (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   selected place
coordinates:-   SD49758150 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD4981
10Km square:-   SD48
latitude; longitude:-   2d 46.2m W; 54d 13.6m N


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BUN20.jpg (taken 6.5.2011)  
photograph
BQY86.jpg  Friday market.
(taken 3.7.2009)  

evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Mylnthorpe
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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Sax9SD48.jpg
Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus.  "Mylnthorpe"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Mylnthorpe
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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SP14SD48.jpg
"Mylnthorpe"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Mylrthorpe
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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JAN3SD47.jpg
"Mylrthorpe"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Milthorp
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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MD10SD48.jpg
"Milthorp"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Simpson 1746
placename:-  Milthorp
source data:-   Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.
image SMP3P7, button  goto source
Page 1025:-  "..."
"Milthorp, at the Mouth of the Can, is the only Sea-Port Town in the County, Commodities being brought hither in small Vessels from Grange in Lancashire."

evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Milthorp
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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SMP2SDP.jpg
"Milthorp"
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Milthorp
placename:-  Milthrop
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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"Milthorp or Milthrop"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Milthorp
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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J5SD48SE.jpg
"MILTHORP"
blocks on a street plan, labelled in block caps; settlement, market town?; there is an unexplained area marked E of the town centre 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770
placename:-  Milthorp
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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JEF5Mlnt.jpg
"MILTHORP"
blocks on a street plan, mill, market cross 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Millthrop
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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Ws02SD48.jpg
"MILLTHROP"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) 
placename:-  Milthorp
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 153:-  "..."
"... "... at the mouth of the river Betham is Milthorp, ... the only seaport in the county, to which the commodities imported are brought from Grange in Lancashire. Here are two paper mills, as there was one near a century ago."

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Milthorpe
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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"MILTHORPE"
group of blocks, labelled in block caps; town 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Aikin 1790 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Milthorpe
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 8.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Aikin, London, 1790.
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AIK2.jpg
"Milthorpe"
circle; town 
item:-  JandMN : 51
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Milnthorpe
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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C38315.jpg
page 315-316  "Milnthorpe"
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Baker 1802
placename:-  Milthorp
source data:-   Perspective road maps with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland, by J Baker, London 1802.
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Bk03Vg16.jpg
"Milthorp"
item:-  private collection : 3
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Milthorpe
source data:-   Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
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GRA1Wd.jpg
"Milthorpe"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4
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evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Milnthorpe
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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Lw18.jpg
"Milnthorpe 255½"
market town; distance from London; travellers supplied with post horses or carriages 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-   old text:- Capper 1808
placename:-  Millthorpe
item:-  populationmarketfair
source data:-   Gazetteer, A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom, compiled by Benjamin Pitts Capper, published by Richard Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808; published 1808-29.
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"..."
"MILLTHORPE, a market town in the parish of Heversham, in Kendal ward, Westmoreland, 8 miles from Kendal, and 252 from London; containing 208 houses and 968 inhabitants, pleasantly seated on the river Betha, which soon after joins the Ker near its mouth, and over which is a handsome stone bridge. In the neighbourhood are 2 paper mills. The market is on Friday. Fair, old May day."
"..."

evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Milnthrop
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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COP4.jpg
"Milnthrop"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Milthorp
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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OT02SD48.jpg
"MILTHORP"
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Millthorp
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.
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HA18.jpg
"Millthorp / 255"
circle, upright lowercase text; town; distance from London 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.58
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evidence:-   old map:- Greenwood 1824 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Milthorp
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Map of the County of Westmorland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by C and J Greenwood, published by George Pringle jnr, 70 Queen Street, Cheapside, London, 1824.
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grw5mlnt.jpg
"MILTHORP"
street map; labelled in block caps for a market town. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A1827
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evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
placename:-  Milthrope
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 1825 part 1 p.515  "Compendium of County History. - Westmorland."
"MILLTHROPE is the only town in the county visited by the tide, which flows"

evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag 1825
item:-  sea port
source data:-   image G825A516, button  goto source
Gentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.516  "Compendium of County History. - Westmorland."
"from the estuary of the Kent up the river Betha; making this the only seaport town in the county."

evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Milnthorpe
item:-  population, Milnthorpemarket day
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 17:-  "..."
"MILNTHORPE"
"Is a small but well-built market-town, on the north side of the river Belo, near the estuary of the Kent. The place consists principally of one long street, at the east end of which are some elegant houses in open situations. Many improvements have been effected in it, the most conspicuous being an elegant chapel in the English style, consecrated by the present Bishop of Chester. It is in the parish of Heversham, a neat and pleasant village, about a mile further on. ..."
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Page 152:-  "..."
"MILNTHORPE, a small but well-built market-town, is situated on the north side of the Belo, and is the only sea-port in Westmorland, enjoying a share of the coast trade to Liverpool, Glasgow, and the intermediate ports; it is in the parish of Hever-"
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Page 153:-  "[Hever]sham. ... Population, (with Heversham,) 1509; market-day, Friday; inn, Cross-Keys."

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Milnthorpe
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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FD02SD48.jpg
"MILNTHORPE"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Milnthorpe
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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"Milnthorpe"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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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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evidence:-   market notes:- 
item:-  market
source data:-   Owen: 1792: New Book of Fairs

 Post Office maps

places:-  
SD50558176 Ackenthwaite (Milnthorpe)
SD49698199 almshouses, Milnthorpe (Milnthorpe)
SD49628112 Bela Mill (Milnthorpe)
SD49728146 Bulls Head (Milnthorpe)
SD49788154 Coach and Horses (Milnthorpe)
SD49688149 Cross Keys Hotel (Milnthorpe) L
SD49638180 Grisley Well (Milnthorpe) gone
SD49958157 Harmony Hall (Milnthorpe) L
SD49898158 Hillside Cottage (Milnthorpe)
SD49368145 house, Milnthorpe (Milnthorpe)
SD49948153 Laburnum House (Milnthorpe) L
SD49758150 Market Cross (Milnthorpe) L
SD49698147 Memorial Reading Room (Milnthorpe)
SD49688132 Milnthorpe Fire Station (Milnthorpe)
SD49728143 Milnthorpe Methodist Church (Milnthorpe)
SD49458131 Milnthorpe Mill (Milnthorpe)
SD49708139 Milnthorpe Police Station (Milnthorpe)
SD51268168 Milnthorpe Station (Milnthorpe)
SD49668152 Barclays Bank (Milnthorpe) L
SD497815 Chris Cleasby (Milnthorpe)
SD49708141 Clocktower Discount Electrics (Milnthorpe)
SD49408148 H and H Reed printers (Milnthorpe)
SD49638149 Milnthorpe: Park Road (Milnthorpe) L
SD49338141 Old Bridge, Milnthorpe (Milnthorpe) L
SD49228140 Park Side (Milnthorpe)
SD49438149 Park View (Milnthorpe)
SD49638181 pinfold, Milnthorpe (Milnthorpe) gone
SD49828160 Rock Cottage (Milnthorpe) L
SD4981 school, Milnthorpe (Milnthorpe)
SD49878218 St Anthony's Tower (Milnthorpe) L
SD49888150 St Thomas's Church (Milnthorpe)
SD49838153 war memorial, Milnthorpe (Milnthorpe)
SD50498181 Workhouse (Milnthorpe)
SD49288140 port, Milnthorpe (Milnthorpe)
SD49568140 Strand, The (Milnthorpe)
SD49818150 Fountain, The (Milnthorpe)
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