Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Sebergham

Sebberam

civil parish:-

Sebergham (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY36454164 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY3641

10Km square:-

NY34

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 38 6)
placename:- Sebergham

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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:- Saberham

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. "Saberham"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

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

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

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

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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"Saberham"
circle, tower; different engraver for symbol?
item:- private collection : 16
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evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Saberham

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

old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd)
placename:- Saberham

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.

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SEL9.jpg
"Saberham"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
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evidence:-

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

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

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Seabraham Lowbound

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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"Seabraham Lowbound"
circle, tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

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

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

evidence:-

road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
placename:- Sebergham

source data:-

Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.

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page 319-320 "Sebergham"
item:- JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:- Sebergham

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.

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GRA1Cd.jpg
"Sebergham"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Sebergham

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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COP3.jpg
"Sebergham"
circle; village or hamlet
item:- JandMN : 86
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evidence:-

old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd)
placename:- Sebergham

source data:-

Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Stree, Soho, London, 1810.

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"Sebergham"
village, hamlet, house, ...
item:- Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Sebergham

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:-

old text:- Gents Mag

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 1819 part 1 p.507
From the Compendium of County History:- "Watson, Daniel, divine, friend of Sterne and Warburton, Sebergham, 1698."

evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag 1819

source data:-

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Gentleman's Magazine 1816 part 2 p.601
Biographical note from the Compendium of County History:- "Relph, Josiah, 'Cumberland poet,' Sebergham, 1712."

evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag

source data:-

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Gentleman's Magazine 1820 part 1 p.228 "... the late Rev. Josiah Relph, for some time perpetual curate of Sebergham, a small rural village near Carlisle. His poetical works were first published shortly after his death, under the superintendance of the Rev. T. Denton, of Ashted in Surrey. Mr. Denton, I have been informed, was also himself a poet. A second edition was also printed a few years ago at Carlisle. The chief and best of them are Pastorals, written in the dialect of his native county (Cumberland)."
"An account of his Life and Writings may be seen in the Notes to Hutchinson's History of Cumberland."
"Mr. Thomas Sanderson, a native also of Sebergham, has published a small volume of poems, many of which are very elegant. Mr. Sanderson was also editor of Relph's Poems, lately published at Carlisle, and to which he annexed an account of his life, and a pastoral elegy on his death. Mr. Sanderson is still living in a most beautiful rural situation upon the banks of the river Line in Cumberland."

evidence:-

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

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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"Sebergham"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement
item:- JandMN : 91
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evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Sebergham

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.

evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Sebergham

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.

evidence:-

old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:- Sebergham

source data:-

Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.

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"Sebergham"
map date 1909

images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

evidence:-

old print:-

source data:-

Print, Sebergham Bridge, Sebergham, Cumberland, by Samuel Middiman, engraved by John Greig, published by J Walker, 16 Rosomans Street, London, 1802.

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Summertime; distant view of Sebergham Bridge and the village beside it, viewed from an elevated perspective. In the foreground two figures rest beside their sheep. Wooded hills rise in the distance.
item:- Tullie House Museum : 1976.169.2.17
Image © Tullie House Museum

story:-

There is said to be a boulder in the River Caldew, where the river valley widens in meadows on the outskirts of Sebergham, which has a one foot deep crack in it. A local boy refused by the daughter of Mr Denton, a landowner, said he would saw through the boulder until she consented. Well, its not sawn through, so perhaps she did.

hearsay:-

Doctor Brow, the 1 in 6 road N of the village, is named for a local doctor killed when his pony shied and his trap turned over, coming down the hill.

places:-

NY35914166 Browtop (Sebergham)

NY35864169 house, Sebergham (Sebergham)

NY355418 house, Sebergham (3) (Sebergham)

NY35644181 mill, Sebergham (Sebergham)

NY36374134 police station, Sebergham (Sebergham)

NY36404163 post office, Sebergham (Sebergham)

NY35684187 saw mill, Sebergham (Sebergham) gone

NY35734185 Sebergham Bridge (Sebergham) L

NY35754184 Sebergham Bridge (Sebergham)

NY35524193 Sebergham Mill (Sebergham)

NY36404185 St Mary's Church (Sebergham) L

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