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Blackford, Westlinton
Blackford
civil parish:-   Westlinton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY39686206 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3962
10Km square:-   NY36

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 16 7) 
placename:-  Blackford
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.

evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 62) 
placename:-  Blakeford
source data:-   Raod strip map, uncoloured engraving, the Road from Carlisle to Barwick, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In mile 2, Cumberland.  "Blakeford"
houses on the left of the road. 
item:-  JandMN : 83
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evidence:-   old map:- Berry 1679
placename:-  Blakeford
source data:-   Road map, diagram, The Grand Roads of England, engraved by John Rich, made and published by William Berry, at the Sign of the Globe, London, 1679.
"Blakeford"

evidence:-   old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 161) 
placename:-  Blakeford
source data:-   Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, pl.161, part of The Road from Carlisle to Barwick, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections in Cumberland, and Scotland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.
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"Blakeford"
Buildings by the road; mile 3. 
item:-  JandMN : 65.161
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Blakeford
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.
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"Blakeford"
blocks, on road 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Blackford
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.
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"Blackford"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Blackford
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 267-268  "Blackford"
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page 283-284  "Blackford"
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Blackford
source data:-   Map, Cumberland, scale about 15.5 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, bound in Gray's New Book of Roads, 1824, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
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"Blackford"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
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evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Blackford
source data:-   Road map, Continuation of the Roads to Glasgow and Edinburgh, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.
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"Blackford 305ΒΌ"
village or other place; distance from London 
item:-  private collection : 18.21
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evidence:-   old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Blackford
source data:-   Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Stree, Soho, London, 1810.
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"Blackford"
village, hamlet, house, ... 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Blockford
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Sidney Hall, published by S Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.
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"Blockford"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 91
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Blackford
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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"Blackford"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Blackford
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Blackford"
map date 1909 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

places:-  
NY39666161 Blackford Bridge (Westlinton)
NY39646169 Blackford Farm (Westlinton) L
NY39556248 Blackford School (Westlinton)
NY39706227 Dandy Farm (Westlinton)
NY39776243 fingerpost, Westlinton (Westlinton)
NY39626248 St John's Church (Westlinton) L
NY39616248 war memorial, Blackford (Westlinton)
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