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Gamblesby, Glassonby
Gamblesby
civil parish:-   Glassonby (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY60983941 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY6039
10Km square:-   NY63


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BXZ59.jpg (taken 15.3.2013)  
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BXZ47.jpg (taken 15.3.2013)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 40 12) 
placename:-  Gamblesby
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:-  Gamblebye
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.  "Gamblebye"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Gamblebye
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, about 1595.
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"Gamblebye"
circle 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Gambleby
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"Gambleby"
circle, building, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Gamleby
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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"Gamleby"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Gamlesby
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.
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"Gamlesby"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Gramlesby
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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"Gramlesby"
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Gamlesby
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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"Gamlesby"
blocks, on road, and circle and line 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Gamblesby
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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"Gamblesby"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Gamblesby
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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COP3.jpg
"Gamblesby"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 86
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Gamblesby
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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"Gamblesby"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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BXZ46.jpg (taken 15.3.2013)  

hearsay:-  
A pair of whale jaw bones once stood across the road from Glassonby; until a hay cart knocked them down.
Weddings once had to be celebrated at Addingham. It became a tradition to have a horse race back to the village after the ceremony.

hearsay:-  
John Wesley preached on the village green, 1772, and several times after.

places:-  
NY60893954 barn, Gamblesby (Glassonby)
NY61003943 Blencathra View (Glassonby) L
NY60933955 bridge, Gamblesby (Glassonby)
NY60973937 chapel, Gamblesby (Glassonby)
NY60913946 chapel, Gamblesby (2) (Glassonby)
NY60913956 footbridge, Gamblesby (Glassonby)
NY6139 Gamblesby Beck (Glassonby)
NY60953992 Gamblesby Community Centre (Glassonby)
NY60943939 Green Edge (Glassonby) L
NY60933946 Hill Top Cottage (Glassonby)
NY60913947 Hillcrest (Glassonby) L
NY60983924 house, Gamblesby (Glassonby)
NY6139 Mill Beck (Glassonby)
NY61253965 Mill Lane (Glassonby)
NY61033949 mill, Gamblesby (Glassonby)
NY60993925 Pack Horse Inn (Glassonby) gone
NY60983921 Pennine View (Glassonby)
NY61023931 Red Lion Inn (Glassonby) L
NY60943956 saw mill, Gamblesby (Glassonby) gone?
NY60953949 school, Gamblesby (Glassonby) gone
NY60973929 St John's Church (Glassonby) L
NY60933942 St Martins Cottage (Glassonby) L
NY60913949 stocks, Gamblesby (Glassonby) L
NY60963930 Tarn, The (Glassonby) gone
NY60923964 Town End Farm (Glassonby) L
NY60883962 Town Foot (Glassonby)
NY60943951 fingerpost, Gamblesby (Glassonby)
NY60953947 seat, Gamblesby (Glassonby)
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