Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Rockcliffe

civil parish:-

Rockcliffe (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY35936159 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY3561

10Km square:-

NY36

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 16 6)
placename:- Rockcliff

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:- Lloyd 1573
placename:- Roclyffe

source data:-

Map, hand coloured copper plate engraving, Angliae Regni, Kingdom of England, with Wales, scale about 24 miles to 1 inch, authored by Humphrey Lloyd, Denbigh, Clwyd, drawn and engraved by Abraham Ortelius, Netherlands, 1573.

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"Roclyffe"
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA1998.69
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evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Rowcliffe

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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Marked by little more than a dot and circle. "Rowcliffe"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

probably old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?)
placename:- Rowclyff Castle

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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"Rowclyff ca."
circle, building/s, tower, tinted red
item:- JandMN : 169
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Rowcliff

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.

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"Rowcliff"
circle, building, tower
item:- private collection : 16
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evidence:-

old map:- Jenner 1643
placename:- Rawclyffe

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.

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"Rawclyffe"
circle

evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Rowcliff

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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"Rowcliff"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Rowcliff

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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"Rowcliff"
Circle.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag
placename:- Rowcliffe
item:- rebellion, 1745; 1745 Rebellion

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 1745 p.603 "... On Saturday the 9th they march'd towards Rowcliff, where they cross'd the river within four miles of Carlisle, ..."

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Gentleman's Magazine 1745 p.604 "... On the same day [Sunday 10th November] the two regiments commanded by Ld Ogilvy and Gordon of Glenbucket cross'd the river, about two miles above Rowcliff, at which time they were counted, and found both together to make up to but 400."

evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag
placename:- Rowcliff
item:- rebellion, 1745; 1745 Rebellion

source data:-

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Gentleman's Magazine 1746 p.233 "On Thursday [7.11.1745] the eastermost column had gained Stangarth side on the English border, ... that night we learn'd that they had turn'd to the right for Longtown, which gave us hopes that they would continue their march for Row-cliff and pass the river Eden there, ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Rowcliff

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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"Rowcliff"
circle, tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

old text:- Pennant 1773
placename:- Rocliff
item:- port

source data:-

Book, A Tour from Downing to Alston Moor, 1773, by Thomas Pennant, published by Edward Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1801.

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Pennant's Tour 1773, page 183 "... after a short ride, reached Rocliff, and there crossed the Eden, which falls into the Solway Frith, a little lower down. Small vessels come up as far as this place at high water, which makes it the port to Carlisle."

evidence:-

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

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

evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Rockcliff

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.

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"Rockcliff"
circle; village or hamlet
item:- JandMN : 86
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evidence:-

old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd)
placename:- Rockcliff

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.

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"Rockcliff"
no symbol
item:- JandMN : 91
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evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Rockcliff

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.

notes:-

Rockcliffe was an important crossing point on the Eden. It was a port and ship building centre. It was also a focus of smuggling, particularly salt and whisky from Scotland.

places:-

NY35946157 Churchtown (Rockcliffe)