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Irthington
civil parish:-   Irthington (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY49846165 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY4961
10Km square:-   NY46


photograph
BWP77.jpg (taken 1.6.2012)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 17 7) 
placename:-  Irthington
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:-  Jedington
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.  "Jedington"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Irdington
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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"Irdington"
circle 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Fedington
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.
image
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"Fedingto~"
circle, building, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Fedington
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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"Fedington"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Fedington
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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"Fedingto~"
Circle. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Irthington
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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"Irthington / V"
circle, building and tower, vicarage ALSO  "Feddington"
circle 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Irthington
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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"Irthington"
blocks, and usually a church, labelled in upright lowercase; a village, and street plan 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old text:- Camden 1789
placename:-  Irthington
source data:-   Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
image CAM2P176, button  goto source
Page 176:-  "... Irthington, a capital manor as they call it of this barony of Gillesland, ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Irthington
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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COP3.jpg
"Irthington"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 86
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Irthington
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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"Irthington"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Irthington
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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"Irthington"
map date 1909 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Irthington
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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"Irthington"
map date 1892 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Irthington
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
image  click to enlarge
POF2Cm.jpg
"Irthington"
map date 1890 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums


photograph
BOX24.jpg  Weathervane in a well tended garden.
(taken 29.3.2008)  

notes:-  
The village lies on Stanegate roman road.

notes:-  
In some of the village hedges there is a tiny white double rose. Tradition has it that there there was a welcome fo Bonnie Prince Charles's men.

personal
person:-   artist
 : Smith, John 'Warwick'
place:-   birthplace

places:-  
NY49786162 Croft, The (Irthington) L
NY50066181 Gallowberry (Irthington) L
NY49826163 Grange, The (Irthington)
NY49676146 Green (Irthington)
NY49906164 Hall Well (Irthington)
NY49746151 Holcombe House (Irthington) L
NY50046180 Hollies, The (Irthington) L
NY49126150 Hurtleton (Irthington)
NY49806155 Irthington Village School (Irthington)
NY49966176 Irthington Village Shop (Irthington)
NY49936174 Lime Tees House (Irthington)
NY49946151 motte, Irthington (Irthington)
NY49896155 Nook, The (Irthington) L
NY49506120 Red Hills (Irthington)
NY49716149 Salutation Inn (Irthington)
NY49836162 school, Irthington (Irthington)
NY49916169 Vicarage, The (Irthington)
NY49606132 Wall House (Irthington) L
NY49846164 war memorial, Irthington (Irthington)
NY49876163 St Kentigern's Church (Irthington) L
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