Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Mungrisdale

civil parish:-

Mungrisdale (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY36373039 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY3630

10Km square:-

NY33

SummaryText:-

Locally the emphasis is on the middle syllable 'grise'

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BWE10.jpg (taken 26.3.2012)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 57 2)
placename:- Mungrisdale

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:- Grisedalle Chapel

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. "Grisedalle chap:"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?)
placename:- Grisedale

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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"Grisedale"
circle
item:- JandMN : 169
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evidence:-

placename:- Mounge Grieesdell

source data:-

Chalice belonging to the church.

evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Grisdall Chapel

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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"Grisdall Chap"
Circle, building and tower.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

old map:- Gents Mag 1747
placename:- Grisdale

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, perspective view, Caudbeck Fells ie Caldbeck Fells, scale about 1+ miles to 1 inch, published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1747.

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"Grisdale"
building
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 43
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Grisdal
placename:- Grisedale Chapel

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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"Grisdal or Grisedale Chap."
circle, tower OR

BO18NY22.jpg
circle, tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)

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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buildings
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Mungrisdale

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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item:- JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
placename:- Mungrisdale

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 94:- "..."
"... In an opening between it [Souter Fell] and Bowscale Fell, through which the Glenderamaken flows from Scales Tarn, is Mungrisdale, ... this is a miserable situation, and seems to be exposed to all the winds of heaven, being placed exactly"

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Page 95:- "at the elbow of that mountain mass which comprehends Skiddaw and Blencathra as its summits, and the Dodd, Carrick and High Pike, Bowscale, and Souter Fell, as the buttresses...."

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Mungrisdale

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.