Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Ulpha
	parish	Ulpha parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		building/s
	coordinates:-	SD197932
	10Km square:-	SD19
	1Km square	SD1993
		Ulpha -- Ulpha -- Cumbria / -- Group of almshouses?? -- 5.6.2007
	source:-	Martineau 1855
		Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-71.
		Page 108:-
		... Ulpha Kirk is a mere hamlet; but there is a little inn at which the horses can rest if the party are disposed for a walk to the scene of Robert Walker's life and labours. Ulpha Kirk itself is one of the primitive places where the old manners of the district may yet be traced more clearly than in most road-side settlements. The people still think it no sin to do their farm work on Sundays, when the weather,- so precarious here,- is favourable; and the familiar style of "the priest" in these parts makes the transition from work to worship very natural. ...
	placename:-	Ulpha Kirk
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	old map:-	Garnett 1850s-60s H
		Map of the English Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
		Ulpha
		cross, a church
	placename:-	Ulpha
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s
	old map:-	Ford 1839 map
		Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, 1839.
		Ulpha
	placename:-	Ulpha
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	source:-	Otley 1818
		New Map of the District of the Lakes, in Westmorland, Cumberland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, published by J Otley, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1818; pblished 1818 to 1850s.
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		ULPHA
	placename:-	Ulpha
		area; valley
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Cmd)
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695.
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		St. Iohns
		Circle, building and tower.
	placename:-	St Johns
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Saxton 1579
		The church in Ulpha is dedicated to St John.
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		Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church.
		Sct Johns
	placename:-	St Johns
	county:-	Cumberlandia
		village
	date:-	1576
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	old map:-	Cooper 1808
		Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by G and W B Whittaker, 13 Ave Maria Lane, London, 1824.
		Ulpha
		circle; village or hamlet
	placename:-	Ulpha
	locality:-	Allerdale above Derwent Ward
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1808
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	old map:-	Badeslade 1742
		A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, and descriptive text, Cumberland similarly, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
		St. Johns
		circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality
	placename:-	St Johns
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1742
	period:-	18th century, early
	source:-	Martineau 1855
		Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-71.
		Page 232:-
		VALE OF ULPHA.
		Allason, Henry, yeoman, Low and High.
		Atkinson, William, joiner, Basebrown Ground
		Braithwaite, Joseph, yeoman, Hazlehead.
		Carter, T., grocer, Church House.
		Carter, William, grocer, Crook.
		Dawson, John, yeoman, Basebrown Ground.
		Dawson, Wm., slate-merchant, Moorhouse.
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		Dawson, James, shoemaker, Bridgeend.
		Dodgson, John, alehouse keeper, Browfoot.
		Gaitskell, Wm., teacher, School Cottage.
		Gunson, Joseph, miller, &c., Old Mill.
		Hird, Wm., blacksmith, Moorhouse.
		Jenkinson, Robert, yeoman, Biggart Mire.
		Kirkby, Roger, shoemaker, Church House.
		Pearson, Rev. R., officiating minister of Seathwaite, Riverbank
		Pennington, Robert, yeoman, Biggart Mire.
		Pennington, Phillip, yeoman, Biggart Mire.
		Pennington, Ic., yeo, Craghole.
		Pool, Wm., yeoman, Riverbank.
		Postlethwaite, William, tailor, Low Hurst.
		Sawrey, J., yeo., Stonethwaite.
		Shuttleworth, Thos., innkeeper, Church House.
		Stephenson, Thomas, yeoman, Holm Cottage.
		Vincent, Charles, mining captain, Holehouse.
		Walker, Rev. Jeremiah, minister of Ulpha, Low Hurst.
		Whinfield, John, yeoman, Biggart Mire.
		Whinfield, John, yeoman, Whinfield Ground,
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
		Almshouses, Ulpha
		gate, Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite
		gate, Ulpha
		inn, Ulpha
		post box, Ulpha
		post office, Ulpha
		privy, Ulpha
		quaker burial ground, Ulpha
		Sella, Ulpha
		St John, Ulpha
		sundial, Ulpha
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013

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