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| civil parish:- | Moresby (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| locality type:- | locality | |||
| locality type:- | buildings | |||
| coordinates:- | NX99052127 (etc) | |||
| 1Km square:- | NX9921 | |||
| 10Km square:- | NX92 | |||
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 61 11) placename:- Moresby |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Saxton 1579 placename:- Moresbye |
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| 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. Sax9NX92.jpg Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church. "Moresbye" item:- private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) placename:- Moresby |
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| 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. MER8CumE.jpg "Moresby" circle item:- JandMN : 169 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Keer 1605 placename:- Moresbie |
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| 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. click to enlargeKER8.jpg "Moresbie" dot, circle and tower; village item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) placename:- Moresbye |
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| 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. SP11NY02.jpg "Moresbye" circle, building, tower item:- private collection : 16 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jenner 1643 placename:- Morsbye |
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| source data:- | Tables of distances with a maps, Westmerland, scale about 16
miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch,
published by Thomas Jenner, London, 1643; published 1643-80. JEN4Sq.jpg "Morsbye" circle |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jansson 1646 placename:- Moresbye |
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| 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. JAN3NY02.jpg "Moresbye" Buildings and tower. item:- JandMN : 88 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd) placename:- Morosby |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1
inch, by John Seller, 1694. click to enlargeSEL9.jpg "Morosby" circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) placename:- Moresby |
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| 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. MD12NY02.jpg "Moresby" Circle, building and tower. item:- JandMN : 90 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 placename:- Moresby |
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| 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. BO18NX92.jpg "Moresby / R" circle, building and tower, rectory item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Morresby |
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| 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. D4NX92SE.jpg "Morresby" blocks, and usually a church, labelled in upright lowercase; a village and a house item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Pennant 1777 placename:- Moresby |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of Scotland, Hebrides and
Part of England, drawn for Thomas Pennant, engraved by J Bayly,
published by Benjamin White, London, 1777. click to enlargePEN1Cm.jpg "Moresby" circle; buildings, village, etc item:- private collection : 66 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) placename:- Moresby |
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| 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. goto sourcePage 181:- "..." "Moresby came from the Fletchers to the Broughams, and so to the earl of Lonsdale." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cooke 1802 placename:- Moresby |
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| 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. click to enlargeGRA1Cd.jpg "Moresby" blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806 placename:- Moresby |
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| 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. click to enlargeLw18.jpg "Moresby 299¾" village or other place; distance from London item:- private collection : 18.18 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cooper 1808 placename:- Morresby |
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| 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. click to enlargeCOP3.jpg "Morresby" circle; village or hamlet item:- JandMN : 86 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd) placename:- Moresby |
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| source data:- | Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 16
miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Stree, Soho,
London, 1810. click to enlargeWL13.jpg "Moresby" village, hamlet, house, ... item:- Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Otley 1818 placename:- Moresby |
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| 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. OT02NX92.jpg item:- JandMN : 48.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd) placename:- Morresby |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 21 miles
to 1 inch, engraved by Sidney Hall, published by S Leigh, 18
Strand, London, 1820-31. click to enlargeHA14.jpg "Morresby" circle, italic lowercase text; settlement item:- JandMN : 91 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Ford 1839 map placename:- Moresby |
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| 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. FD02NX92.jpg "Moresby" item:- JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H placename:- Moresby |
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| 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. GAR2NX92.jpg "Moresby" blocks, settlement item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) placename:- Moresby |
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| 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. PST2NY02.jpg "Moresby" mine symbol item:- JandMN : 162.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Moresby |
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| source data:- | Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England
and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s. click to enlargePOF7Cm.jpg "Moresby" map date 1909 |
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