Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Woodhouses, Orton N

Woodhouses, Orton N

Woodhouses

civil parish:-

Orton N (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY32485216 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY3252

10Km square:-

NY35

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 22 16)
placename:- Woodhouses

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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Woodhouses

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.

D4NY35SW.jpg
"Woodhouses"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

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

source data:-

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

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evidence:-

probably old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:- Wood Houses

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
"Wood Houses"
village or other place
item:- private collection : 18.18
Image © see bottom of page

places:-

NY32375201 Sparrow Rigg (Orton N)

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