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Beaumont
Beemont
locality:-   Hadrian's Wall
civil parish:-   Beaumont (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY34855932 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3459
10Km square:-   NY35


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CCN98.jpg (taken 6.3.2015)  
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CCO09.jpg (taken 6.3.2015)  

evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Beamont
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.
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Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church.  "Beamont"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Beamont
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.
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"Beamont"
circle 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Keer 1605
placename:-  Beamont
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, probably by Pieter van den Keere, or Peter Keer, about 1605 edition perhaps 1676.
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"Beamont"
dot, circle and tower; village 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Beamont
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.
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"Beamo~t"
circle, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jenner 1643
placename:-  Beamont
source data:-   Tables of distances with a maps, Westmerland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, published by Thomas Jenner, London, 1643; published 1643-80.
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"Beamont"
circle 

evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Beamont
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.
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JAN3NY35.jpg
"Beamont"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Beamond
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.
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"Beamond"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Beamond
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.
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"Beamond / R"
circle, building and tower, rectory 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Beaumont
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.
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"Beaumont"
blocks, and usually a church, labelled in upright lowercase; a village 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Beaumont
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.
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"Beaumont"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 86
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Beaumont
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.
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"Beaumont"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Beaumont
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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"Beaumont"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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notes:-  
A tree was planted on the village green to commemorate a silver jubilee. In 1990 a freak whirlwind snapped off the top, leaving a three foot stump; brutal pollarding.

places:-  
NY34735923 Beaumont House (Beaumont) L
NY34865926 Eden Bank Farm (Beaumont) L
NY34825926 fingerpost, Beaumont (2) (Beaumont)
NY34855933 fingerpost, Beaumont (3) (Beaumont)
NY34845928 gate, Beaumont (Beaumont)
NY34805926 Hill Top Cottage (Beaumont)
NY34795923 Hilltop (Beaumont) L
NY34975942 house, Beaumont (Beaumont)
NY34805926 hydrant plate, Beaumont (Beaumont)
NY35015941 hydrant plate, Beaumont (2) (Beaumont)
NY34825936 Linsum (Beaumont)
NY34815928 Beaumont Motte (Beaumont)
NY34805938 Myrtle Cottage (Beaumont) L
NY34905938 North View Cottage (Beaumont)
NY34875935 Orchard House (Beaumont) L
NY34865934 seat, Beaumont (Beaumont)
NY35055942 St Anne's Well (Beaumont)
NY34815930 St Mary's Church (Beaumont) L
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