Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Beetham
	other name:-	Biedun
	parish	Beetham parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		building/s; locality
	coordinates:-	SD49597954
	10Km square:-	SD47
	1Km square	SD4979
		Beetham -- Beetham -- Cumbria / -- 12.8.2005
		Beetham -- Beetham -- Cumbria / -- Cast iron SV plate:- -- 'SWRDC / W W / SV / FT IN' -- SD49637948 (at) -- 24.4.2009
	old map (vignette):-	Burrow 1920s
		Road strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, now Cumbria, irregular scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.
	date:-	1920=1929
	period:-	1920s
	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.
		Beetham
		blocks, settlement
	placename:-	Beetham
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s
	old map:-	Ford 1839 map
		Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, 1839.
		Beetham
	placename:-	Beetham
	county:-	Westmoreland
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	descriptive text:-	Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
		Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839; published 1839-52.
		Page 152:-
		...
		Beetham is a neat village in the secluded vale of the Belo, on the new road from Lancaster to Ulverstone. ...
	placename:-	Beetham
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	source:-	Otley 1818
		New Map of the District of the Lakes, in Westmorland, Cumberland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, published by J Otley, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1818; pblished 1818 to 1850s.
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	placename:-	Beetham
	old map:-	Baker 1802
		Perspective road map with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland, and Cumberland through Kendal and Penrith ending at Carlisle, by J Baker, London 1802.
		Beetham
	placename:-	Beetham
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	old map:-	Cooke 1802
		Maps, Westmoreland, Cumberland, etc, now Cumbria, by George Alexander Cooke, London, 1802-10; published 1802-24.
		Beetham
		blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality
	placename:-	Beetham
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	old map:-	West 1784 map
		A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, now Cumbria, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, included in the Guide to the Lakes by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Westmorland, and in London, from the 3rd edition 1784, to 1821.
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	placename:-	Betham
		building/s
	county:-	Westmorland
	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.
		BEETHAM
		blocks, labelled in block caps; village or parish?
	placename:-	Beetham
	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.
		Betham / V
		circle, building and tower, vicarage
	placename:-	Betham
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	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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		Betham
		Outline with fence palings.
	placename:-	Betham
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1746
	period:-	18th century, early; 1740s
	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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		Circle, tower, by a park.
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Seller 1694 (Wmd)
		Map, Westmorland, now Cumbria, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694; editions to 1787.
		Betham
		circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house
	placename:-	Betham
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1694
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Ogilby 1675 (plate 38)
		NB: the distance given might be customary rather than statute miles.
		Road book, Britannia, strip road maps, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland etc, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675; and a general map of England and Wales.
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		In mile 247, Westmorland.
		Turning left:-
		to Betham 2
	placename:-	Betham
	date:-	1675
	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.
		Bethan
		Buildings and tower.
	placename:-	Bethan
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1646
	period:-	17th century, early; 1640s
	table of distances:-	Simons 1635
		Table of distances and map of Westmorland, engraved by Jacob van Langeren, published by Mathew Simons, London, 1635-36.
		Bethan S
		and tabulated distances
	placename:-	Bethan
	date:-	1635
	period:-	17th century, early; 1630s
	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.
		Bethan
		circle, building and tower
	placename:-	Bethan
	date:-	1611
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s
	source:-	Keer 1605
		Map, Westmorlandia et Comberlandia, ie Westmorland and Cumberland now Cumbria, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, probably by Pieter van den Keere, or Peter Keer, about 1605; published about 1605 to 1676.
		Betham
		dot, circle and tower; village
	placename:-	Betham
	county:-	Westmorland
	source:-	Lloyd 1573
		Map, Angliae Regni, Kingdom of England, with Wales, scale about 24 miles to 1 inch, authored by Humphrey Lloyd, Denbigh, Clwyd, drawn and engraved by Abraham Ortelius, Netherlands, 1573.
		Bethan
	placename:-	Bethan
	date:-	1573
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	old map:-	Gough 1350s-60s
		Reproduction of the Gough Map of Great Britain, reduced size, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1875; and a full size line reproduction, with added transcriptions of placenames, 1935.
	placename:-	Bethum
	county:-	Cumbria
	old map:-	Saxton 1579
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		Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church.
		Betham
	placename:-	Betham
	county:-	Westmorelandia
		village
	date:-	1576
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	old map:-	Cooper 1808
		Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by G and W B Whittaker, 13 Ave Maria Lane, London, 1824.
		Beetham
		circle; village or hamlet
	placename:-	Beetham
	locality:-	Kendal Ward
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1808
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	market notes:-	see:- Palmer's Index No.93:: Public Record Office
		Wednesday market to be held at the manor, granted by Edward II to Thomas de Bethum, 28 October 1310; listed in the Calendar of Charter Rolls.
		Letter patent for a market at Bethum, 4 Ed 3, 1330-31, in Palmer's Index No.93 at the Public Record Office.
		market town
	person:-	: Edward II
	person:-	: Edward III
	person:-	: Bethum, Thomas de
	date:-	1310; 1331
	hearsay	On the road to Slackhead, a little way up on the left is a shrine with the figure of St Lioba, a Benedictine Nun.
		Beetham Bridge, Beetham
		Beetham Hall, Beetham
		Beetham House, Beetham
		Beetham Primary School, Beetham
		Beetham Township
		Bela Falls, Beetham
		Farleton Township
		Haverbrack Township
		Heron Corn Mill, Beetham
		Heron Theatre, Beetham
		Meathop and Ulpha Township
		Old Beetham Post Office, Beetham
		ring of bells, Beetham
		sheepfold, Beetham
		St Michael and All Angels, Beetham
		St Michael's Well, Beetham
		stocks, Beetham
		summer house, Beetham
		sundial, Beetham
		sundial, Beetham (2)
		Waterhouse Mills, Beetham
		Wheatsheaf, Beetham
		Witherslack Chapelry
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013

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