Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Scilly Bank, Whitehaven

Scilly Bank, Whitehaven

Scilly Bank

civil parish:-

Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NX99211912 (etc)

1Km square:-

NX9919

10Km square:-

NX91

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 67 3)
placename:- Scilly Bank

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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Silly Bank

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.

D4NX91NE.jpg
"Silly Bank"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Scilly Bank

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.

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
placename:- Scilly Bank
item:- altitude, Scilly Bank

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 178:- "ELEVATION OF THE MOUNTAINS,"
"ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT AUTHORITIES."


No.	Names of Mountains.	Dalton.	Otley.	Trig. S.	Jamieson

33	Scilly Bank, Whitehaven			500

places:-

NX99181911 pottery, Whitehaven (3) (Whitehaven) gone

NX99021919 Tollbar Cottage (Whitehaven)

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