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Bowen 1720, plate 261 text
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The Road from Kendal to Cockermouth - from Kendal on past
Keswick, Cumberland.
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Places labelled are:-
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Laubercus a Village / 39, Laufield / 40 / Mountains / 41
... 42 / 43, a Moor / Cockermouth, Cocker Flu, Derwen
Flu
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The road from Egremont to Carlisle:-
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Places labelled are:-
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Egremond, The Castle / 1, Clint Hill / 2, Cleater / 3 ...
6 / Winnick on right , Lampley Hall on right / 7 .. 8 / 9,
Eaglesfield on right / 10, Bridgham on left / 11 .. 13 /
Cocker Flu and a Water Mill on right, 14, Cockermouth,
Darwent Flu / 15 .. 20 / 21, Bowland / Overgate on right /
Strickland Guard on right / 22, Courtland Guard on left /
Lowood Nook, an Inn / 23 / a Watermill, Adders[kip] on left
/ Whitehall on left / 24, Thurlmillgate on left / 25 ... 26
/ Bolton / Eln Flu, 27, Croshill / Gromhill / 28 / 29, Old
Carlisle demolisht, Somer on right / 30 ... 31 / Roseley
Fell on right / 32, Warside on left, Wample Flu / Croston on
left / How Hill on left / 33 / Turkin Hill on left /
Thuresby vulgo Fearsby / 34 / Nealople on left / 35 ... 33
(sic, =38) / CARLISLE, entering by Irish Gate, and English
Gate to right
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Descriptive texts:-
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Egremond Is notes for its stately Castle, ye Ancient Seat of
ye Ld. Copeland. This Borough as well as Cockermouth was
represented in Par. 23d. Ed. 1st. but never since as we can
find. Mt. on Sat.
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Cockermouth. Is an ancient Boro[ ]. probably so called by
its Ld. Will. Meschines, Ld. of Copeland (Brother of Ranulph
E: of Chester) on whom it was bestowed by ye Conqueror. The
Honor was afterwds. succesively possessed by ye Lucys,
Multons, Umframvils & Piercy's E: of Northumberland, wch
last remained Ld. of it till ye death of Iosceline Piercy,
ye 11th. & last E: of that Illustrious Family, May ye 21st.
1670 [o.] Upon failure of his Issue Male it came to his
Grace ye present D. of Somerset, by Marriage of Eliz. Lady
Piercy (Relict of Henry Cavendish E. of Ogle) sole Daughter
and Heir of ye aforesaid E. of Northumberland. This Borough
(for 'tis no Corporation) is govern'd by a Bayliff, chosen
yearly by a Jury of 16 Burghers at ye D. of Somerset's
Court. It sent Burgesses to Parl. so early as 23d. K. Ed.
1st which it afterwds. omitted, till by order of Parl. Decr.
4th. 1640. This Borough, together with Oakhampton, Honiton,
Ashburton, Malton, had that privilege restored, & has ever
since carefully preserved it by a constant return of Membs.
who are elected by the Inhabitants at large in Number about
300 & returned by the said Bayliff. The Market here is on
Mond. & Fair Septr. [2]0th. The Castle is mostly ruinous
except that part where ye D. of Somersets Auditor keeps his
Courts twice a year, & an apartment over ye Gates where is a
large Dining Room, with other Chambers. Tho' his Grace has
built a very convenient New House &c for his Bayliffs
residence. At Pap Castle abt. 2 Miles off, among other
Monuments of Antiquity, was lately found a large open Vessel
of Green stone, adorned wth. curious Imagery. That on ye
East side of it representing a Person in a Sacerdotal Habit
dipping a Child in Water (wch. was ye primitive way of
administring Baptism evinces it to be Christian, And ye
Learned Antiquary Dr. Nicholson from ye Intricate Dano
Saxonic Inscription on it wch. he first explained, supposes
it to be an ancient Font, intended as a Monument of ye
Baptism) of one Ekard (a General or person of Note among ye
Danes) who as ye Inscription mentions being converted here
influenced a great many Persons by his example. This Vessel
is now used as a Font in Bedkirk Church.
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