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Crosby Ravensworth
civil parish:-   Crosby Ravensworth (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY62141479 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY6214
10Km square:-   NY61


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BME56.jpg (taken 30.5.2006)  
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BVH91.jpg (taken 2.9.2011)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 14 16) 
placename:-  Crosby Ravensworth
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:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Crosbyeravenswath
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.
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Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church.  "Crosbyeravenswath"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Crosbieravenswath
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Cestria etc, ie Westmorland, Lancashire, Cheshire etc, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, 1595, edition 1613-16.
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"Crosbieravenswath"
circle 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.3
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Crosbyeravenswath
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"Crosbyeravenswath"
circle, building and tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   table of distances:- Simons 1635
placename:-  Crosby Ravensworth
source data:-   Table of distances, uncoloured engraving, Westmerland ie Westmorland, with a thumbnail map, scale about 42 miles to 1 inch, by Mathew Simons, published in A Direction for the English Traviller, 1635.
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"Crosby Rave~sw: N"
and tabulated distances 
item:-  private collection : 50.39
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Crosbyerawenswath
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.
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"Crosbyerawe~swath"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Crosbyerawensworth
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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"Crosbyerawensworth"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Crosbyravenswath
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.
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"Crosbyravenswath"
Circle, building and tower, in a park. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  Crosby
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
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"Crosby"
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Crosby
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
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"Crosby"
Circle and park. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Crosby Ravensworth
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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"Crosby Ravensworth / V"
circle, building and tower, vicarage 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Crosby Ravensworth
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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"CROSBY RAVENSWORTH"
blocks on a street plan, labelled in block caps; settlement, market town? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Crosby Ravensworth
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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"Crosby Ravensworth"
blocks, church symbol, labelled in upright lowercase; village 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old text:- Capper 1808
placename:-  Crosby Ravensworth
item:-  populationswineham
source data:-   Gazetteer, A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom, compiled by Benjamin Pitts Capper, published by Richard Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808; published 1808-29.
image CAP118, button  goto source
"..."
"CROSBY RAVENSWORTH, a parish in West ward, Westmoreland, 3½miles from Appleby, and 275 from London; containing 151 houses and 789 inhabitants. A number of swine are bred in this parish, and the hams cured here, as well as in other parts of the country, are of a peculiarly fine flavour; yet there is nothing particular in their cure, except their being dryed over peat. In this parish are three good grammar schools. The church is a gothic building, with a square tower and three bells. The living is a vicarage, value 7l. 13s. 4d. in the patronage of Mary viscountess Andover."
"..."

evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Crosby Ravensworth
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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"Crosby Ravensworth"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-   old text:- Wordsworth 1810
placename:-  Crosby
item:-  deer
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of the Scenery of the Lakes, later A Guide through the District of The Lakes, by William Wordsworth, 1810-35.
image WW01p047, button  goto source
page 47  "... "Sir Launcelot Threlkeld, who lived in the reign of Henry VII., was wont to say, he had three noble houses, one for pleasure, Crosby, in Westmoreland, where he had a park full of deer; one for profit and warmth, wherein to reside in winter, namely, Yanwith, nigh Penrith; and the third, Threlkeld, (on the edge of the Vale of Keswick), well stocked with tenants to go with him to the wars." ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Crosby Ravensworth
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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HA18.jpg
"Crosby Ravensworth"
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.
image G825A513, button  goto source
Gentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.513 
From the Compendium of County History:-  "Addison, Lancelot, learned Dean of Lichfield, Crosby Ravensworth, 1632."

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Crosby Ravensworth
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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"Crosby Ravensworth"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Crosby Ravensworth
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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"Crosby Ravensworth"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Crosby Ravensworth
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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"Crosby Ravensworth"
map date 1909 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Crosby Ravensworth
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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"Crosby Ravensworth"
map date 1892 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Crosby Ravensworth
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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"Crosby Ravensworth"
map date 1890 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Crosby Ravensworth
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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"Crosby Ravensworth"
map date 1873 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

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NY62371476 Bank Bridge (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62451466 Bank, The (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62241499 Batling Tree (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62641437 Bell Foot (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62021471 bridge, Crosby Ravensworth (2) (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62031462 Butchers Arms (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62051436 chapel, Crosby Ravensworth (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62141480 Church Bridge (Crosby Ravensworth) L
NY62101409 Croft House (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62201499 Crosby Ravensworth CofE Primary School (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62081427 Crosby Ravensworth Pinfold (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62061471 Crosby Ravensworth Village Hall (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62201487 drain, Crosby Ravensworth (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62081400 Fell Gate (Crosby Ravensworth) L
NY62091404 fingerpost, Crosby Ravensworth (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY61991464 footbridge, Crosby Ravensworth (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62301487 ford, Crosby Ravensworth (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY61351494 Harberwain Lane (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62101474 Howden Bridge (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY61951451 Jenny Well (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62051455 Jennywell Hall (Crosby Ravensworth) L
NY62221506 Low Green (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62281495 Low Row (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62051448 Midtown Farm (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62221474 mill, Crosby Ravensworth (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62001479 moat, Crosby Ravensworth (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62231491 Monks Bridge (Crosby Ravensworth) L
NY62211479 Monks Garth (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62171482 monument, Crosby Ravensworth (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62211484 New Bridge (Crosby Ravensworth) L
NY62021474 Parish Archives (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY619149 park, Crosby Ravensworth (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62421482 Ravenseat (Crosby Ravensworth) L
NY62161478 Rising Sun (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62241491 roadsign, Crosby Ravensworth (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62291478 School House (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY61981468 Crosby Ravensworth Dame School (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62231488 Monks Bridge (Crosby Ravensworth) L
NY61911493 Spring Wood (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62091476 stepping stones, Crosby Ravensworth (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62101473 Tenter Row (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62111404 Town Head (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62141483 war memorial, Crosby Ravensworth (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62071476 water trough, Crosby Ravensworth (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62091422 Well Head (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62261484 Weston House (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62051484 Crosby Ravensworth Hall (Crosby Ravensworth) L
NY62041472 seat, Crosby Ravensworth (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62061432 barn, Crosby Ravensworth (2) (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62141484 St Lawrence's Church (Crosby Ravensworth) L
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