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Stainmore
civil parish:-   Stainmore (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   valley
10Km square:-   NY81

evidence:-   old map:- Paris 1240s
placename:-  Seinmora
source data:-   Map, version B, northern England, Scotland and part of Wales, by Matthew Paris, 1240s.
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"Sein / mo / r / a"

derived from copyright image, courtesy of Corpus Christi College
item:-  Corpus Christi, Cambridge : MS16.f4.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Stanemore
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Cestria etc, ie Westmorland, Lancashire, Cheshire etc, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, 1595, edition 1613-16.
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"Stanemore"
circle 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.3
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Stainmore
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"Stainmore"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   poem:- Drayton 1612/1622 text
placename:-  Stanmoor
source data:-   Poem, Poly Olbion, by Michael Drayton, published by published by John Marriott, John Grismand and Thomas Dewe, and others? London, part 1 1612, part 2 1622.
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page 163:-  "... Below a bright Nymph, from Stanmore downe doth straine
..."

evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Stainmore Dale
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.
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"Stainmore Dale"
Valley between hillocks. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  Dale
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
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"Dale"
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Stainmore Dale
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
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"Stainmore Dale"
Area. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Stainmore Dale
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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"Stainmore Dale"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Stainmoor Dale
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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"Stainmoor Dale"
area 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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evidence:-   old print:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Stanmore
source data:-   circle
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"Stanmore"
item:-  Armitt Library : A6615.12
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evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Stainmoor Dale
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Stainmoor Dale"
area 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Aikin 1790 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Stanemore
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 8.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Aikin, London, 1790.
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"Stanemore"
area 
item:-  JandMN : 51
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  Stainmoor
item:-  latitudelongitudelat and longgeologycoal
source data:-   Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.
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Page 79:-  "STATION III.- HELVELLYN."
"Latitude 54° 31′ 43″ N. Longitude 3° 0′ 24″W. Height 3070 feet."
"..."
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Page 163:-  "... South-east, coal is found on Stainmoor; ..."
BEARINGS Distances
in miles
Height
in feet
Stainmoor 88 SE 34

evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
placename:-  Stanemore
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 1825 part 1 p.513 
From the Compendium of County History:-  "Buckle, Sir Cuthbert, Lord Mayor of London in 1598, Stanemore."

hearsay:-  
A shepherd from here described the need fire:-
"See that chap with the burning stick - he's carrying the need fire from east to west. When cattle plague, murrain or rinderpest was sweeping through the townships, a bit of fire was kindled in the old, old way by rubing two bits of wood together, and the kindlings were carried to every farm in turn. All stock, horses, cattle, pigs, and sheep were driven through the smoke of a fire kindled and fed with green wood torn - not cut - from trees and bushes. Yes, and one old farmer would drive his wife as had been ailing and his bairns as were not too strong, through the fire and smoke as well as the stock. They say that the woman and family never ailed a thing after, but the farmer, because he kept out of the smoke and never coughed, died the same spring."

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