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| Irthington | ||||
| civil parish:- | Irthington (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| locality type:- | locality | |||
| locality type:- | buildings | |||
| coordinates:- | NY49846165 (etc) | |||
| 1Km square:- | NY4961 | |||
| 10Km square:- | NY46 | |||
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 17 7) placename:- Irthington |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Saxton 1579 placename:- Jedington |
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| 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. Sax9NY56.jpg Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church. "Jedington" item:- private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) placename:- Irdington |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et
Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and
Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator,
Duisberg, Germany, about 1595. MER8CumA.jpg "Irdington" circle item:- JandMN : 169 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) placename:- Fedington |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie
Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed,
1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head
Alley, London, 1611-12. SP11NY46.jpg "Fedingto~" circle, building, tower item:- private collection : 16 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jansson 1646 placename:- Fedington |
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| 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. JAN3NY46.jpg "Fedington" Buildings and tower. item:- JandMN : 88 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) placename:- Fedington |
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| 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. MD12NY56.jpg "Fedingto~" Circle. item:- JandMN : 90 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 placename:- Irthington |
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| 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. BO18NY45.jpg "Irthington / V" circle, building and tower, vicarage ALSO "Feddington" circle item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Irthington |
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| 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. D4NY56SW.jpg "Irthington" blocks, and usually a church, labelled in upright lowercase; a village, and street plan item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Camden 1789 placename:- Irthington |
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| source data:- | Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England,
Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition
by Richard Gough, published London, 1789. goto sourcePage 176:- "... Irthington, a capital manor as they call it of this barony of Gillesland, ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cooper 1808 placename:- Irthington |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to
1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips,
Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808. click to enlargeCOP3.jpg "Irthington" circle; village or hamlet item:- JandMN : 86 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Ford 1839 map placename:- Irthington |
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| 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. FD02NY46.jpg "Irthington" item:- JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Irthington |
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| source data:- | Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England
and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s. click to enlargePOF7Cm.jpg "Irthington" map date 1909 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Irthington |
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| source data:- | Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England
and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s. click to enlargePF10Cm.jpg "Irthington" map date 1892 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Irthington |
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| source data:- | Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England
and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s. click to enlargePOF2Cm.jpg "Irthington" map date 1890 |
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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums |
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 BOX24.jpg Weathervane in a well tended garden. (taken 29.3.2008) |
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| notes:- |
The village lies on Stanegate roman road. |
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| notes:- |
In some of the village hedges there is a tiny white double rose. Tradition has it
that there there was a welcome fo Bonnie Prince Charles's men. |
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| person:- | artist : Smith, John 'Warwick' |
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