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Casterton
civil parish:-   Casterton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD62427966 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD6279
10Km square:-   SD67

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 48 5) 
placename:-  Casterton
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:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Casterton
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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"Casterton"
circle and line 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Casterton
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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"Casterton"
blocks, labelled in upright lowercase text; settlement; town? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
image WS21P243, button  goto source
Tour to the Caves in the West Riding of Yorkshire, late 18th century 
Page 243:-  "..."
"... The Roman road is easily traced from Ribchester ... to Overborough; afterwards the Roman road goes through Casterton and Middleton, and, as some think, by Borrow-bridge and Orton, to Apulby."

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Casterton
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Casterton"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Casterton
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 659-660  "Casterton, Westm."
item:-  JandMN : 228.2
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Casterton
source data:-   Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
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"Casterton"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Casterton
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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"Casterton"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-   old map:- Wallis 1810 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Casterton
source data:-   Road map, Westmoreland, scale about 19 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Street, Soho, 1810, published by W Lewis, Finch Lane, London, 1835?
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"Casterton"
village, hamlet, house, ... 
item:-  JandMN : 63
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evidence:-   old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Casterton
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.
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"Casterton"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.58
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evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
source data:-   Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.
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Gentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.513 
From the Compendium of County History:-  "Garnett, Dr. Thomas, physician and natural philosopher, Casterton, 1766."

evidence:-   old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
placename:-  Higher Casterton
placename:-  Casterton, Higher
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, trees and rocks, Casterton, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, April 1852.
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"Higher Casterton Apl 1852."
page number  "13/(2a)"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.390.2
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Casterton
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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"Casterton"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Casterton
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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"Casterton"
map date 1909 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

places:-  
SD62317970 Bronte House (Casterton)
SD61957939 Casterton Hall (Casterton) L
SD62367970 Casterton Old Hall (Casterton) L
SD62577970 Casterton School (Casterton)
SD62437878 Cragg House Farm (Casterton)
SD62667873 Fawcett Well (Casterton)
SD62157916 fingerpost, Casterton (Casterton)
SD62557986 Folly, The (Casterton) gone?
SD6279 Gate Syke (Casterton)
SD62797920 Gateheads Brow (Casterton)
SD62337959 George and Dragon (Casterton)
SD62448002 Grange Lodge (Casterton)
SD62308011 Grange, The (Casterton)
SD61957948 Hall Hill House (Casterton)
SD62617906 High Casterton (Casterton)
SD62177926 High Lodge (Casterton) L
SD62467969 Holy Trinity Church (Casterton) L
SD62337955 Ivy Cottage (Casterton)
SD62137973 limekiln, Casterton (4) (Casterton) L
SD62187942 Marigold Well (Casterton)
SD62557931 North Head (Casterton)
SD62527877 Norwood Farm (Casterton)
SD62517906 Peslick's Knott (Casterton)
SD62767919 railway bridge, Casterton (Casterton)
SD62417972 Casterton School (Casterton)
SD62607977 Casterton Preparatory School (Casterton)
SD62187920 spring, Casterton (2) (Casterton)
SD62527873 Town End (Casterton)
SD62497976  (Casterton)
SD62417962 village hall, Casterton (Casterton)
SD62177971 bridge, Casterton (2) (Casterton)
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