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| Wetheral | ||||
| civil parish:- | Wetheral (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| locality type:- | locality | |||
| locality type:- | buildings | |||
| coordinates:- | NY46625447 (etc) | |||
| 1Km square:- | NY4654 | |||
| 10Km square:- | NY45 | |||
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![]() BMN38.jpg Ferryhill Cottages, Ferry Hill, Wetheral. (taken 19.8.2006)  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 24 6)  placename:- Wetheral  | 
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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:- Lloyd 1573 placename:- Wederal  | 
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured copper plate engraving, Angliae Regni, 
                  Kingdom of England, with Wales, scale about 24 miles to 1 inch, authored by Humphrey
                  Lloyd, Denbigh, Clwyd, drawn and engraved 
                  by Abraham Ortelius, Netherlands, 1573.   click to enlargeLld1Cm.jpg "Wederal" item:- Hampshire Museums : FA1998.69 Image © see bottom of page  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Saxton 1579 placename:- Wetherall  | 
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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.![]() Sax9NY45.jpg Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church. "Wetherall" item:- private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?)  placename:- Wetherall  | 
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et 
                  Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and 
                  Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, 
                  Duisberg, Germany, about 1595.![]() MER8CumD.jpg "Wetherall" circle item:- JandMN : 169 Image © see bottom of page  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)  placename:- Wetherall  | 
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie 
                  Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 
                  1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head 
                  Alley, London, 1611-12.![]() SP11NY45.jpg "Wetherall" circle, building, tower item:- private collection : 16 Image © see bottom of page  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jansson 1646 placename:- Wetherall  | 
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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.![]() JAN3NY45.jpg "Wetherall" Buildings and tower. item:- JandMN : 88 Image © see bottom of page  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd)  placename:- Wetherall  | 
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 
                  inch, by John Seller, 1694.   click to enlargeSEL9.jpg "Wetherall" circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89 Image © see bottom of page  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)  placename:- Wetherall  | 
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 
                  inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the 
                  Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the 
                  Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.![]() MD12NY45.jpg "Wetherall" Circle, building and tower. item:- JandMN : 90 Image © see bottom of page  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 | 
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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.![]() BO18NY45.jpg circle, tower item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)  placename:- Wetheral  | 
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1
                  inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29
                  Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.![]() D4NY45SE.jpg "Wetheral" blocks, and usually a church, labelled in upright lowercase; a village item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cooper 1808 placename:- Watheral  | 
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to 
                  1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips, 
                  Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.   click to enlargeCOP3.jpg "W[a]theral" circle; village or hamlet item:- JandMN : 86 Image © see bottom of page  | 
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)  placename:- Wetheral  | 
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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 sourcePage 121:- "WETHERAL" "Is on the western banks of the river, and is a pleasant village with a charming green, at the distance of four miles from Carlisle. ..."  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Ford 1839 map placename:- Wetheral  | 
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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.![]() FD02NY45.jpg "Wetheral" item:- JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H placename:- Wetheral  | 
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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.![]() GAR2NY45.jpg "Wetheral" blocks, settlement item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Wetheral  | 
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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 "Wetheral" map date 1909  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Wetheral  | 
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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 "Wetheral" map date 1892  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Wetheral  | 
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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 "Wetheral" map date 1890  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Wetheral  | 
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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 enlargePOF8Cm.jpg "Wetheral" map date 1873  | 
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            images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums | 
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| evidence:- | old painting:-  | 
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| source data:- | Painting, watercolour, Wetheral from the Banks of the Eden, Cumberland, by Thomas
                  Bushby, 1890s.   click to enlargePR1139.jpg Summertime; view from the top of a gently sloping hill. To left there stands a small church, partially obscured by trees. Below, to right, stands a whitewashed farmhouse and its outbuildings with smoking chimneys. The viaduct spans the river, the far bank of which is heavily wooded. signed at bottom centre:- "Thos. Bushby" item:- Tullie House Museum : 1972.4.11 Image © Tullie House Museum  | 
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