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Great Strickland
civil parish:-   Great Strickland (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY55762285 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY5522
10Km square:-   NY52


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BRT36.jpg (taken 22.10.2009)  
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BVW24.jpg (taken 3.2.2012)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 8 10) 
placename:-  Great Strickland
placename:-  Strickland, 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:-  Stricklandes
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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Tower, symbol for a house, hall, tower, etc.  "Stricklandes"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Striklandes
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"Striklandes"
circle, building and tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   table of distances:- Simons 1635
placename:-  Stricklandes
source data:-   Table of distances, uncoloured engraving, Westmerland ie Westmorland, with a thumbnail map, scale about 42 miles to 1 inch, by Mathew Simons, published in A Direction for the English Traviller, 1635.
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"Stricklandes N"
and tabulated distances 
item:-  private collection : 50.39
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Stricklandes
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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"Stricklandes"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38) 
placename:-  Strickland
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 273, Westmorland. 
Turning right:-  "to Strickland"
item:-  JandMN : 21
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Striklandes
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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"Striklandes"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Strictland Magna
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.
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"Strictland mag"
Circle. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   possibly old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Stricland
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
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"Stricland"
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Strickland 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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"Strickland Mag."
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Great Strickland
placename:-  Strickland, Great
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.
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"Great Strickland"
blocks, labelled in upright lowercase text; settlement; town? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Great Strickland
placename:-  Strickland, Great
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Great Strickland"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Great Strickland
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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"Gt. Strickland"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-   perhaps 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 G825A513, button  goto source
Gentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.513 
From the Compendium of County History:-  "Crackenthorpe, Richard, controversial divine, Strickland, 1587."

evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag 1825
source data:-   image G825A514, button  goto source
Gentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.514 
From the Compendium of County History:-  "Strickland, William de, Bishop of Carlisle, Great Strickland, 1[ ]96."

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Great Strickland
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. Strickland"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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places:-  
NY55602321 Airygill Lane (Great Strickland)
NY55802288 Barncroft (Great Strickland)
NY55632292 Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Great Strickland)
NY55622279 Dame School Cottage (Great Strickland)
NY55632280 drain, Great Strickland (Great Strickland)
NY56092300 Dulbert Wells (Great Strickland)
NY558229 Greencroft House (Great Strickland)
NY56242302 Low Well (Great Strickland)
NY56092297 New Inn (Great Strickland)
NY55622287 Old School, The (Great Strickland)
NY55592249 Priestclose Lane (Great Strickland)
NY55622281 School House (Great Strickland)
NY55622276 seat, Great Strickland (Great Strickland)
NY56202299 St Barnabas's Church (Great Strickland) L
NY55732281 Strickland Arms (Great Strickland)
NY5523 Strickland Hall (Great Strickland)
NY56322310 Town End (Great Strickland)
NY55622276 Town Head Farm (Great Strickland) L
NY55602280 village hall, Great Strickland (Great Strickland)
NY600222 well, Great Strickland (Great Strickland)
NY55652277 fingerpost, Great Strickland (Great Strickland)
NY55682278 Strickland Meeting House (Great Strickland)
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