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Staveley, Over Staveley
Staveley
Steevla
civil parish:-   Over Staveley (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Nether Staveley (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   market town
coordinates:-   SD47089824 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD4798
10Km square:-   SD49


photograph
BTU63.jpg (taken 19.11.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 33 6) 
placename:-  Staveley
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:-  Stanlay
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.
image
Sax9SD49.jpg
Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus.  "Stanlay"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Staneley Chapelry
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.
image
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"Staneley chap."
circle 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.3
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Stanlay
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.
image
SP14SD49.jpg
"Stanlay"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old text:- Brathwaite 1638
placename:-  Staveley
source data:-   Poem, Drunken Barbaby's Four Journeys to the North of England, by Richard Brathwaite, 1638, published 1716-1818 at least.
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Page 31:-  "..."
"Leaving these [Kirkland and Kendal], to Staveley came I,"
"Where now all Night drinking am I;"
"Always frolick, free from Yellows,"
"With a Consort of good Fellows;"
"Where I'll stay, and end my Journey,"
"Till Brave Barnaby return a."
"..."
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Page 131:-  "..."
"Now to Staveley strait repair I,"
"Where sweet Birds do hatch their airy"
"Arbours, Oziers freshly showing,"
"With soft mossy Rind o'ergrowing:"
"For Woods, Air, ALE, all excelling,"
"Would'st thou have a neater Dwelling?"
"..."
"Mirtil. Be't so, Faustulus! there repose thee,"
"Cheer thy Country with thy Poesy"
"Live, farewel, as thou deservest,"
"Rich in Arethusa's Harvest:"
"Under th' Beach while Shepherds rank thee"
"Zephyrus bless thee. Faust.] I do thank thee."

evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Stanlay
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.
image
JAN3SD49.jpg
"Stanlay"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Staveleygate
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Staveleygate"
in  "Upper Staveley"

evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) 
placename:-  Stanlay
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In mile 5, Westmoreland.  "Stanlay"
church on the right of the road, and street of houses with gardens behind, each side of the road. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
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evidence:-   old map:- Berry 1679
placename:-  Stanlay
source data:-   Road map, diagram, The Grand Roads of England, engraved by John Rich, made and published by William Berry, at the Sign of the Globe, London, 1679.
"Stanlay"

evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Staveley
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.
image
MD10SD49.jpg
"Staveley"
Circle. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 260) 
placename:-  Stanley
source data:-   Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, pl.260, The Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.
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B260m05.jpg
item:-  private collection : 1.260
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evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  Staveley
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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BD12.jpg
"Staveley"
 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Staveley
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
image
SMP2SDP.jpg
"Staveley"
Building. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Staveley
placename:-  Stanley
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.
image
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"Staveley"
blocks on road; also  "Stanley"
circle, tower, further up the Kent. 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Stavely
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.
image
J5SD49NE.jpg
"Stavely"
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) 
placename:-  Ings Chapel
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.
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Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 
Page 213:-  "..."
"[on the way to Kendal] Passed by Ings chapel, and Staveley; but I can say no farther, for the dusk of the evening coming on, ..."

evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Staveley
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
image
Ws02SD49.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Stayely
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24SD49.jpg
"Stayely"
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:-  Staveley
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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C38317.jpg
page 317-318  "Staveley"
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Staveley
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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"Staveley"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4
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evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Staveley
source data:-   Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.
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Lw18.jpg
"Staveley 269½"
village or other place; distance from London 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Staveley
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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COP4.jpg
"Staveley"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-   old map:- Wallis 1810 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Staveley
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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WAL5.jpg
"Staveley"
village, hamlet, house, ... 
item:-  JandMN : 63
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Staveley
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.
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OT02SD49.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Stavely
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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"Stavely"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.58
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Stavely
placename:-  Staveley
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
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Page 23:-  "... Five miles from Kendal is Stavely, situated in a deep and picturesque part of the vale of Kent. Drunken Barnaby resided here in his latter days. The chapel has a handsome tower and three bells."
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Page 159:-  "..."
"Staveley, a large flourishing village, situated in a deep and picturesque part of the vale of Kent, where the Gowel-beck falls into that river."

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Stavely
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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FD02SD49.jpg
"Stavely"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Staveley
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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GAR2SD49.jpg
"Staveley"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Burrow 1920s
source data:-   Road book, On the Road, Dunlop Pictorial Road Plans, volume V, strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, irregular scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.
image
EJB3Vg32.jpg
item:-  private collection : 17
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evidence:-   market notes:- 
source data:-   www.history.ac.uk/cmh/gaz/gazweb2.htm

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Staveley
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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"Staveley"
map date 1909 

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

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

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

 sundial, Fir Tree Corner

hearsay:-  
A charter to hold a market, and a fair on 17-19 October annually, was granted to William de Thweng, 1281.
A market charter was granted 1329.

places:-  
SD47039873 Barley Bridge Fish Pass (Over Staveley)
SD47029873 Barley Bridge (Over Staveley) L
SD46759831 boundary stone, Staveley (Over Staveley / Hugill)
SD47159804  (Over Staveley) gone?
SD47129872 Bridge House (Over Staveley)
SD46999835 bridge, Staveley (Over Staveley)
SD47219829 Chadwick's Mill (Over Staveley)
SD46969843 chapel, Staveley (Over Staveley) gone?
SD46939874 Cragend (Hugill)
SD46999872 Craggside (Over Staveley)
SD46389851 Dan Hill (Over Staveley)
SD47129819 Duke William, The (Over Staveley) L
SD47219800 Eagle and Child (Over Staveley)
SD467975 Field Close (Nether Staveley)
SD47269825 footbridge, Staveley (Over Staveley)
SD47139809 Gipsy Well (Over Staveley)
SD46929855 lockup, Staveley (Over Staveley) gone
SD47069869 mill, Staveley (Over Staveley)
SD46629827 Newgate Mill (Hugill) gone
SD46599826 Newgate (Hugill) suggested
SD47049866 Old Mill (Over Staveley) L
SD47049824 Staveley Police Station (Over Staveley) gone
SD47129815 post box, Staveley (Over Staveley)
SD46949807 railway bridge, Staveley (Nether Staveley)
SD46969807 Railway Hotel (Nether Staveley)
SD46589822 Rawes Mill (Hugill)
SD46249833 Reston Mill (Hugill)
SD45619858 Reston (Hugill)
SD47219825 River Mill (Over Staveley)
SD47509775 Sandyhill (Nether Staveley)
SD46899861 Staveley School (Over Staveley)
SD46249837 Seedhowe (Over Staveley)
SD46939859 St James's Church (Over Staveley) L
SD47139817 St Margaret's Tower (Over Staveley) L
SD47199829 Staveley Brewery (Over Staveley)
SD470984 Staveley Fire Station (Over Staveley)
SD47379821 Staveley Park (Over Staveley) L
SD46919809 Staveley Station (Nether Staveley)
SD46969836 Staveley Village Hall (Over Staveley)
SD47069824 Haytons Family Butcher (Over Staveley)
SD47149812 Martins Bank (Over Staveley)
SD47199826 More? The Artisan Bakery (Over Staveley)
SD47199826 Munx Lakeland Bakery (Over Staveley)
SD47039828 Pharmacy (Over Staveley)
SD47129815 Staveley Post Office (Over Staveley)
SD47149827 Wheelbase (Over Staveley)
SD47139825 Windermere Ice Cream and Chocolate Co (Over Staveley)
SD46719830 World of Stone (Over Staveley)
SD47149810 stepping stones, Staveley (Over Staveley) gone?
SD47339776 Stock Bridge Farm (Over Staveley / Nether Staveley)
SD47359779 Stockbridge (Nether Staveley)
SD46769850 Sunny Brow Farm (Over Staveley)
SD46739847 Sunny Brow House (Over Staveley)
SD46739870 Sunnybank (Hugill)
SD46959838 toilet, Staveley (Over Staveley)
SD47009854 war memorial, Staveley (Over Staveley)
SD47059873 Barley Bridge Weir (Over Staveley)
SD47549799 Woodyhowe Coppice (Over Staveley)
SD47029835 Abbey Hotel (Over Staveley)
SD47229800 toll gate, Nether Staveley (Nether Staveley) gone
SD47679751 milestone, Over Staveley (2) (Over Staveley) gone
SD46549831 milestone, Over Staveley (Over Staveley) gone
SD47209805 Gowan Bridge (Over Staveley / Nether Staveley)
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