Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| castle, Wreay | ||
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| Petteril Wreay Castle | ||
| locality:- | Inglewood Forest | |
| locality:- | Wreay | |
| civil parish:- | St Cuthbert Without (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | castle (gone?) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4348 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY44 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Saxton 1579 placename:- Petterell Wrey |
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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. Sax9NY44.jpg Building with two towers, symbol for a castle. "Petterell wrey" Castle? item:- private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | probably old map:- Jenner 1643 placename:- Pettwray Castle |
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| source data:- | Tables of distances with a maps, Westmerland, scale about 16
miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch,
published by Thomas Jenner, London, 1643; published 1643-80. JEN4Sq.jpg "Pettwray ca" circle |
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| evidence:- | probably old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) placename:- Castle Luen |
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| source data:- | Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England,
Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition
by Richard Gough, published London, 1789. goto sourcePage 189:- "..." ""Yn the forest of Ynglewood, vi myls from Caerluel, appere ruins of a castel, called Castle Luen."" |
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