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Warton, Lancashire
Warton
county:-   Lancashire
locality type:-   buildings
1Km square:-   SD5072
10Km square:-   SD57
evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Warton
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.  "Warton"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Warton
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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"Warton"
circle, building and tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Warton
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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"Warton"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38) 
placename:-  Walton
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, continuation of the Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In mile 242, Lancashire. 
Turning left:-  "to Walton"
item:-  JandMN : 21
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Warton
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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"Warton"
Circle. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Warton
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.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Baker 1802
placename:-  Warton
source data:-   Perspective road maps with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland, by J Baker, London 1802.
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"Warton / 246"
item:-  private collection : 3
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Warton
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 map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Warton
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.
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"Warton"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Warton
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.
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"Warton"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old print:- Sylvan 1847
source data:-   Print, engraving, Warton Crags, Lancashire, published by John Johnstone, Paternoster Row, London, et al, 1847.
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On p.15 of Sylvan's Pictorial Guide to the English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "WARTON CRAGS."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1201.3
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