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Milburn
civil parish:-   Milburn (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY65562934 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY6529
10Km square:-   NY62


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BSV53.jpg (taken 2.6.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 5 10) 
placename:-  Milburn
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:-  Milborne
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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Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus.  "Milborne"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Milborne
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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"Milborne"
circle, building and tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Milborne
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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"Milborne"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Milborne
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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"Milborne"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Milbuburn
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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"Milbuburn"
Circle. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Milburn
placename:-  Milborne
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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"Milburn or Milborne"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Milbourn
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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"MILBOURN"
blocks, labelled in block caps; village or parish? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Milbourn
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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"Milbourn"
blocks, church symbol, labelled in upright lowercase; village 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Millburn
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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"Millburn"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-   old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Milburn
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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"Milburn"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.58
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Milburn
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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"Milburn"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Milbourn
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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"Milbourn"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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hearsay:-  
It is said you have to keep an eye on your garden gate at Halloween. The gate might be removed and set on the bonfire to be burnt on Guy Fawkes Night. This seems to be a memory of what were called Butt Hill Nights when gates were stolen to make an enclosure round the maypole, in which other stolen household goods were stacked, to be found by their owners the next day.

notes:-  
defensible village; an arrangement of ranges of houses with exits at the corners of the green which could be walled up

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan

places:-  
NY65712935 barn, Milburn (Milburn) L
NY65452900 bridge, Milburn (Milburn)
NY64852913 bridge, Milburn (2) (Milburn)
NY65462926 Chapel House (Milburn)
NY65362916 cross, Milburn (Milburn)
NY65682936 Eastgate (Milburn) L
NY65712938 Garth Cottage (Milburn) L
NY602911 Gillfoot Bridge (Milburn)
NY65572936 Green, The (Milburn)
NY65492894 Harewood House (Milburn)
NY65542939 house, Milburn (Milburn)
NY65482935 Keld House (Milburn)
NY65312922 Keld Well (Milburn)
NY65092903 Kirk House (Milburn)
NY65562937 maypole, Milburn (Milburn)
NY65502936 Midtown Farm (Milburn)
NY65622933 Milburn House Cottage (Milburn) L
NY65602932 Milburn House Farm (Milburn) L
NY64592895 Milburn Mill (Milburn)
NY65482917 Milburn Parish Hall (Milburn)
NY65642940 Milburn Primary School (Milburn)
NY65352918 Low Street (Milburn)
NY65112927 Mill Lane (Milburn)
NY65532937 Newlands (Milburn)
NY65652940 pinfold, Milburn (Milburn) gone
NY65522926 Pink House (Milburn)
NY65662944 Sunny Mount (Milburn) L
NY65582943 well, Milburn (Milburn)
NY65202905 St Cuthbert's Church (Milburn) L
NY65562940 Cross Fell Cottage (Milburn) L
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