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| Staveley, Over Staveley | ||||
| Staveley | ||||
| Steevla | ||||
| civil parish:- | Over Staveley (formerly Westmorland) | |||
| civil parish:- | Nether Staveley (formerly Westmorland) | |||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| locality type:- | locality | |||
| locality type:- | buildings | |||
| locality type:- | market town | |||
| coordinates:- | SD47089824 (etc) | |||
| 1Km square:- | SD4798 | |||
| 10Km square:- | SD49 | |||
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 33 6) placename:- Staveley |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Saxton 1579 placename:- Stanlay |
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| 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. Sax9SD49.jpg Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus. "Stanlay" item:- private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) placename:- Staneley Chapelry |
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| 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. MER5WmdA.jpg "Staneley chap." circle item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.3 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) placename:- Stanlay |
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| 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. SP14SD49.jpg "Stanlay" circle, tower item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Brathwaite 1638 placename:- Staveley |
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| source data:- | Poem, Drunken Barbaby's Four Journeys to the North of England,
by Richard Brathwaite, 1638, published 1716-1818 at least. goto sourcePage 31:- "..." "Leaving these [Kirkland and Kendal], to Staveley came I," "Where now all Night drinking am I;" "Always frolick, free from Yellows," "With a Consort of good Fellows;" "Where I'll stay, and end my Journey," "Till Brave Barnaby return a." "..." goto sourcePage 131:- "..." "Now to Staveley strait repair I," "Where sweet Birds do hatch their airy" "Arbours, Oziers freshly showing," "With soft mossy Rind o'ergrowing:" "For Woods, Air, ALE, all excelling," "Would'st thou have a neater Dwelling?" "..." "Mirtil. Be't so, Faustulus! there repose thee," "Cheer thy Country with thy Poesy" "Live, farewel, as thou deservest," "Rich in Arethusa's Harvest:" "Under th' Beach while Shepherds rank thee" "Zephyrus bless thee. Faust.] I do thank thee." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jansson 1646 placename:- Stanlay |
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| 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. JAN3SD49.jpg "Stanlay" Buildings and tower. item:- JandMN : 88 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675 placename:- Staveleygate |
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| source data:- | Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75. "Staveleygate" in "Upper Staveley" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) placename:- Stanlay |
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| source data:- | Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to
Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about
1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675. OG96m005.jpg In mile 5, Westmoreland. "Stanlay" church on the right of the road, and street of houses with gardens behind, each side of the road. item:- JandMN : 22 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Berry 1679 placename:- Stanlay |
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| source data:- | Road map, diagram, The Grand Roads of England, engraved by John
Rich, made and published by William Berry, at the Sign of the
Globe, London, 1679. "Stanlay" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) placename:- Staveley |
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| 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. MD10SD49.jpg "Staveley" Circle. item:- JandMN : 24 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 260) placename:- Stanley |
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| source data:- | Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, pl.260, The Road from
Kendal to Cockermouth, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with
sections in Westmorland and Cumberland, published by Emanuel
Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720. B260m05.jpg item:- private collection : 1.260 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Badeslade 1742 placename:- Staveley |
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| 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. click to enlargeBD12.jpg "Staveley" item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) placename:- Staveley |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1
inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746. SMP2SDP.jpg "Staveley" Building. item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 placename:- Staveley placename:- Stanley |
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| 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. BO18SD39.jpg "Staveley" blocks on road; also "Stanley" circle, tower, further up the Kent. item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) placename:- Stavely |
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| 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. J5SD49NE.jpg "Stavely" blocks, labelled in upright lowercase text; settlement; town? item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) placename:- Ings Chapel |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by
William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in
London, 1778 to 1821. goto source Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 Page 213:- "..." "[on the way to Kendal] Passed by Ings chapel, and Staveley; but I can say no farther, for the dusk of the evening coming on, ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- West 1784 map placename:- Staveley |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland,
Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch,
engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784. Ws02SD49.jpg item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) placename:- Stayely |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles
to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805. CY24SD49.jpg "Stayely" block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet item:- JandMN : 129 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) placename:- Staveley |
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| source data:- | Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181
Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802. goto source click to enlargeC38317.jpg page 317-318 "Staveley" item:- JandMN : 228.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cooke 1802 placename:- Staveley |
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| source data:- | Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 12 miles to 1
inch, by George Cooke, 1802, published by Sherwood, Jones and
Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824. click to enlargeGRA1Wd.jpg "Staveley" blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806 placename:- Staveley |
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| source data:- | Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10
miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert
H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834. click to enlargeLw18.jpg "Staveley 269½" village or other place; distance from London item:- private collection : 18.18 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cooper 1808 placename:- Staveley |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale
about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R
Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808. click to enlargeCOP4.jpg "Staveley" circle; village or hamlet item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Wallis 1810 (Wmd) placename:- Staveley |
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| source data:- | Road map, Westmoreland, scale about 19 miles to 1 inch, by James
Wallis, 77 Berwick Street, Soho, 1810, published by W Lewis,
Finch Lane, London, 1835? click to enlargeWAL5.jpg "Staveley" village, hamlet, house, ... item:- JandMN : 63 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Otley 1818 placename:- Staveley |
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| 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. OT02SD49.jpg item:- JandMN : 48.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd) placename:- Stavely |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale
about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820,
published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31. click to enlargeHA18.jpg "Stavely" circle, italic lowercase text; settlement item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.58 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) placename:- Stavely placename:- Staveley |
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| 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. goto source Page 23:- "... Five miles from Kendal is Stavely, situated in a deep and picturesque part of the vale of Kent. Drunken Barnaby resided here in his latter days. The chapel has a handsome tower and three bells." goto sourcePage 159:- "..." "Staveley, a large flourishing village, situated in a deep and picturesque part of the vale of Kent, where the Gowel-beck falls into that river." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Ford 1839 map placename:- Stavely |
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| 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. FD02SD49.jpg "Stavely" item:- JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H placename:- Staveley |
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| 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. GAR2SD49.jpg "Staveley" blocks, settlement item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Burrow 1920s |
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| source data:- | Road book, On the Road, Dunlop Pictorial Road Plans, volume V,
strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, irregular
scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co,
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s. EJB3Vg32.jpg item:- private collection : 17 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | market notes:- |
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| source data:- | www.history.ac.uk/cmh/gaz/gazweb2.htm | |||
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Staveley |
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| source data:- | Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England
and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s. click to enlargePOF7Cm.jpg "Staveley" map date 1909 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Staveley |
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| source data:- | Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England
and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s. click to enlargePF10Cm.jpg "Staveley" map date 1892 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Staveley |
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| source data:- | Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England
and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s. click to enlargePOF2Cm.jpg "Staveley" map date 1890 |
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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums |
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| hearsay:- |
A charter to hold a market, and a fair on 17-19 October annually, was granted to William
de Thweng, 1281. |
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| A market charter was granted 1329. |
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