Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Skelton

civil parish:-

Skelton (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY43723545 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY4335

10Km square:-

NY43

BTQ19.jpg (taken 8.10.2010)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 49 5)
placename:- Skelton

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:- Skelton

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.

Sax9NY43.jpg
Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church. "Skelton"
item:- private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Skelton

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.

SP11NY43.jpg
"Skelton"
circle, building, tower
item:- private collection : 16
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Skelton

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.

JAN3NY43.jpg
"Skelton"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Skelton

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.

MD12NY43.jpg
"Skelton"
Circle.
item:- JandMN : 90
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Skelton

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.

BO18NY43.jpg
"Skelton"
circle, tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Skelton

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.

D4NY43NW.jpg
"Skelton"
blocks, and usually a church, labelled in upright lowercase; a village
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Skelton

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
"Skelton"
circle; village or hamlet
item:- JandMN : 86
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Skelton

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.

OT02NY43.jpg
item:- JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Skelton

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.

FD02NY43.jpg
"Skelton"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Skelton

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.

GAR2NY43.jpg
"Skelton"
blocks, settlement
item:- JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:- Skelton

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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POF7Cm.jpg
"Skelton"
map date 1909

images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

notes:-

The custom of luck money could still be remembered in the 1990s, even if it didn't still happen. When something was bought, like a bicycle, a small amount of money was given back, for luck.

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