Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Grayrigg

civil parish:-

Grayrigg (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

SD57879716 (etc)

1Km square:-

SD5797

10Km square:-

SD59

BJW70.jpg (taken 29.9.2005)
photograph

BRR25.jpg (taken 1.10.2009)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 34 11)
placename:- Grayrigg

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:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Grayrigg

source data:-

Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.

J5SD59NE.jpg
"Grayrigg"
area
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

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

source data:-

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

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C38315.jpg
page 315-316 "Grayrigg"
item:- JandMN : 228.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:- Grayrigg

source data:-

Road map, Continuation of the Roads to Glasgow and Edinburgh, 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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Lw21.jpg
"Grayrigg 268¼"
village or other place; distance from London
item:- private collection : 18.21
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Grayrigg

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.

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COP4.jpg
"Grayrigg"
circle; village or hamlet
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Grayrigg

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.

FD02SD59.jpg
"Grayrigg"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Grayrigg

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.