Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Whasset, Beetham

Whasset, Beetham

Whasset

civil parish:-

Beetham (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

SD50848106 (etc)

1Km square:-

SD5081

10Km square:-

SD58

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 46 4)
placename:- Whasett

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:-

hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1670
placename:- Hayle and Whassett

source data:-

Records, hearth tax returns, exchequer duplicates, Westmorland, 1670.
"Hayle &Whassett"

evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Whasset

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.

J5SD58SW.jpg
"Whasset"
blocks, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, village?
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)
placename:- Whaset

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

CY24SD58.jpg
"Whaset"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet
item:- JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
placename:- Wassett

source data:-

Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.

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places:-

SD50818104 Cautley Farm (Beetham)

SD50878126 limekiln, Whasset (Beetham)

SD50818113 Whasset Farm (Beetham)

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