Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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tenKm squares

NX93

civil parish:-

Workington (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

10Km square

10Km square:-

NX93

adjacent:-

NX84 NX94 NY04

NY83 here NY03

NX82 NX92 NY02

1Km squares:-

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evidence:-

old map:- OS 1946 Quarter Inch

source data:-

Maps, sheet 1, The Border, and sheet 2, England, North Central, in the Quarter Inch Map of Great Britain series, 4th edn with National Grid in yards, scale 4 miles to 1 inch, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1946.

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item:- JandMN : 103
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evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579

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.

Sax9NX93.jpg
Approximate 10Km square, plus overlaps.
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)

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.

MD12NX93.jpg
Approximate 10Km square, plus overlaps
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)

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.

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map

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.

evidence:-

old map:- Nurse 1918

source data:-

Map, The Diocese of Carlisle, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Rev Euston J Nurse, published by Charles Thurnam and Sons, 11 English Street, Carlisle, Cumberland, 2nd edn 1939.

evidence:-

relief map:- NASA data 2009

source data:-

Relief map, digital image, Cumbria Relief Map, data downloaded from NASA, processed by Jean M Norgate, Longsleddale, Cumbria, 2009; used to make a relief model, multilayer jigsaw puzzle.

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Cumbria Relief Map, created from raw NASA data, Jean Norgate 2009
item:- Norgate 2009
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