Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Thorpe, Sockbridge and Tirril

Thorpe, Sockbridge and Tirril

Thorpe

Thorpe Farm

civil parish:-

Sockbridge and Tirril (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY49852665 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY4926

10Km square:-

NY42

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 7 3)
placename:- Thorp

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:-

hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:- Thorpe

source data:-

Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Thorpe"
in "Low winder"

evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Thorp

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.

J5NY42NE.jpg
"Thorp"
blocks, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, village?
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:- Thorpe

source data:-

Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.

goto source
Page 41:- "..."
"We next see the villages of Thorp, Tirril, and Stockbridge, all neatly built of stone, and covered with blue slate. There is nothing remarkable in any of them ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)
placename:- Thorp

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

CY24NY42.jpg
"Thorp"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet
item:- JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

places:-

NY49812671 Thorpe Farm (Sockbridge and Tirril)

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