Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Whinfell Forest
	site name:-	Whinfell Park
	parish	Brougham parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		forest; wood
	coordinates:-	NY5727
	10Km square:-	NY52
	1Km square	NY5727
	old map:-	Garnett 1850s-60s H
		Map of the English Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
		Whinfell Forest
		area
	placename:-	Whinfell Forest
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s
	old map:-	Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
		Map, The County of Westmoreland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed by J Ainslie and perhaps T Donald, engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
		WHINFELL FOREST
		area
	placename:-	Whinfell Forest
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1770
	period:-	18th century, late; 1770s
	old map:-	Bowen and Kitchin 1760
		New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, published by T Bowles, John Bowles and Son, Robert Sayer, and John Tinney, 1760; published 1760-87.
		Wingfield Forest
		trees
	placename:-	Wingfield Forest
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	descriptive text:-	Simpson 1746
		The three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.
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		... there are divers Forests in the Barony of Westmoreland, as Whinfield-Forest in the Peninsula between the Rivers Eimot and Eden; ...
	placename:-	Whinfield Forest
	date:-	1746
	period:-	18th century, early; 1740s
	old map:-	Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland? in The Agreeable Historian by Samuel Simpson, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
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		Wingfield For
		Tree symbols, just a couple.
	placename:-	Wingfield Forrest
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1746
	period:-	18th century, early; 1740s
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Cmd)
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695.
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		Whinfeld Forest
		Trees in the park.
	placename:-	Whinfeld Forest
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Wmd)
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695.
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		Whinfeild Forrest
		Trees.
	placename:-	Whinfeild Forrest
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	hearth tax returns:-	Hearth Tax 1675
		Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
		Whinfield and woodside
	placename:-	Whinfield and woodside
	date:-	1675
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	hearth tax returns:-	Hearth Tax 1670
		in Westmoreland / The Hundred of Bottome of Westmoreland
		Records, hearth tax returns, exchequer duplicates, Westmorland, 1670.
		Whinfeild Forrest
	placename:-	Whinfeild Forrest
	date:-	1670
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	old map:-	Jansson 1646
		Map, Cumbria et Westmoria, or Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646; published 1646-1724.
		Whinfeld forest
		Group of tree symbols within a ring of fence palings.
	placename:-	Whinfeld Forest
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1646
	period:-	17th century, early; 1640s
	poem:-	Drayton 1612/1622 text
		Poem, Polyolbion, by Michael Drayton, published 1612, part 2 with Cumbria published by John Marriott, John Grismand, and Thomas Dewe, London, 1622.
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	placename:-	Winfield Forest
	date:-	1612; 1622
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s; 1620s
	old map:-	Drayton 1612/1622
		Map, Cumberlande and Westmorlande, by Michael Drayton in part 2 of Polyolbion, probably engraved by William Hole; published by John Marriott, John Grismand, and Thomas Dewe, London, 1622.
		Whinfeeld for:
		Tree, huntress with a spear.
	placename:-	Whinfeeld Forest
	date:-	1622
	period:-	17th century, early; 1620s
	old map:-	Speed 1611 (Cmd)
		Maps, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, London, 1611; published 1611-1770.
		Whinfeld forest
		tree symbols; Westmorland
	placename:-	Whinfeld Forest
	date:-	1611
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s
	old map:-	Speed 1611 (Wmd)
		Maps, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, London, 1611; published 1611-1770.
		Whinfeld Forest
		circle of fence palings, trees
	placename:-	Whinfeld Forest
	date:-	1611
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s
	old map:-	Saxton 1579
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		Whinfeld forest
		Trees in the park.
	placename:-	Whinfeld Forest
	county:-	Westmorelandia
		wood
	date:-	1576
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	old print:-	Lowther 1780s-90s
		Scrapbook, 4 volumes, of descriptive texts, maps, and prints of views and coats of arms, for Westmorland and Cumberland, assembled by a member of the Lowther Family, late 18th early 19th century.
		Print, engraving, North West Prospect of Whinfield Forest, ie Whinfell Forest, Brougham, Cumbria, drawn by O Neale, engraved by Pranker, published by H Turpin, 104 St John Street, Smithfield, London, 1779.
		The central object is the Three Brother Tree.
	date:-	1779
	period:-	18th century, late
		Hart Horn Tree, Brougham
		Sawmill Cottages, Brougham
		South Whinfell, Brougham
		Three Brother Tree, Brougham
		Three Brothers Oaks, Brougham
		White Hart Tree, Brougham
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013

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