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Great Salkeld
Girt Saffel
civil parish:-   Great Salkeld (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY55113675 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY5536
10Km square:-   NY53


photograph
CBE94.jpg (taken 21.7.2014)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 50 2) 
placename:-  Great Salkeld
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.
"Great Salkeld"

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 50 2) 
placename:-  Great Salkeld
placename:-  Salkeld, Great
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:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Salkeldes
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.  "Salkeldes"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Salkeld Magna
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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"Salkeld mag."
circle 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Salkeldes
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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"Salkeldes"
circle, building, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Salkeldes
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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"Salkeldes"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38) 
placename:-  Salkeldes
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, continuation of the Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In mile 283, Cumberland. 
Turning right:-  "to Salkeldes"
item:-  JandMN : 21
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Salkeldes
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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"Salkeldes"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Salkeldes
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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"Salkeldes"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  Salkeldes
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Cumberland North from London, scale about 11 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
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"Salkeldes"
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality 
item:-  JandMN : 115
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Salked Magna
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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"Salked Magna / R"
circle, building and tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Great Salkeld
placename:-  Salkeld, Great
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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"Great Salkeld"
blocks, and usually a church, labelled in upright lowercase; a village 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   probably old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Salkeld
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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"Salkeld"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 86
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Great Salkeld
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
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"Gt. Salkeld"
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
source data:-   Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.
image G819A507, button  goto source
Gentleman's Magazine 1819 part 1 p.507 
From the Compendium of County History:-  "Law, EDWARD, Lord Chief Justice Ellenborough, Great Salkeld, 1750."

evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag 1819
source data:-   image G816B600, button  goto source
Gentleman's Magazine 1816 part 2 p.600 
Biographical note from the Compendium of County History:-  "Benson, George, dissenter, biblical critick, Great Salkeld, 1699."
"..."
"... The theologian Paley was rector of Salkeld, vicar of Dalston and Addingham, and archdeacon of Carlisle; his 'Horae Paulinae,' 'Evidences of Christianity,' 'Sermons,' 'Moral and Political Philosophy,' were composed at Carlisle. He was buried in the Cathedral. ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Great Salkeld
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Sidney Hall, published by S Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.
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"Gt. Salkeld"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 91
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Great Salkeld
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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"Gt. Salkeld"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Great Salkeld
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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"Gt. Salkeld"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old print:- Bradley 1901
placename:-  Great Salkeld
source data:-   Print, uncoloured lithograph, Great Salkeld, Cumberland, by Joseph Pennell, published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1901.
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On page 301 of Highways and Byways in the Lake District, by A G Bradley. 
printed at bottom:-  "Great Salkeld."
item:-  JandMN : 464.78
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evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Great Salkeld
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Gt. Salkeld"
map date 1909 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums


photograph
BJT99.jpg  Millennium boulder, families resident in the parish, 30 November 2000.
(taken 26.8.2005)  

places:-  
NY55063654 barn, Great Salkeld (Great Salkeld)
NY5536 battle site, Great Salkeld (Great Salkeld)
NY54733717 Croft House (Great Salkeld)
NY55053644 Garden Cottage (Great Salkeld)
NY55173682 Highland Drove Inn (Great Salkeld)
NY55063652 house, Great Salkeld (Great Salkeld)
NY55113679 hydrant plate, Great Salkeld (2) (Great Salkeld)
NY55073693 Kirkhouses, 2 (Great Salkeld)
NY55083657 Mid Town Farm (Great Salkeld)
NY55153660 Rectory, The (Great Salkeld) L
NY540360 Salkeld Dyke (Great Salkeld)
NY55183670 St Cuthbert's CofE Primary School (Great Salkeld)
NY55083666 telephone box, Great Salkeld (Great Salkeld) L
NY55023642 Town End Farm (Great Salkeld)
NY55083661 Village Farm (Great Salkeld)
NY55043645 village hall, Great Salkeld (Great Salkeld)
NY55073694 water trough, Great Salkeld (Great Salkeld)
NY55173675 St Cuthbert's Church (Great Salkeld) L
NY55113681 barn, Great Salkeld (2) (Great Salkeld)
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