Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Killington
	parish	Killington parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		building/s; locality
	coordinates:-	SD61398892
	10Km square:-	SD68
	1Km square	SD6188
		Killington -- Killington -- Cumbria / -- 28.1.2011
	old map:-	OS County Series (Wmd 39 16)
		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.
	placename:-	Killington
		building/s
	date:-	1890=1899
	period:-	19th century, late; 1890s
	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.
		Killington
	placename:-	Killington
	county:-	Westmoreland
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	old map:-	Cooke 1802
		Maps, Westmoreland, Cumberland, etc, now Cumbria, by George Alexander Cooke, London, 1802-10; published 1802-24.
		Killington P.
		outline of fence palings; park
	placename:-	Killington Park
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	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.
		Killington
		blocks, labelled in upright lowercase text; settlement; town? and aea
	placename:-	Killington
	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.
		Killington
		circle, tower
	placename:-	Killington
	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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		Killinton
	placename:-	Killinton
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1746
	period:-	18th century, early; 1740s
	old map:-	Badeslade 1742
		A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, and descriptive text, Cumberland similarly, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
		Killinton
		circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality
	placename:-	Killinton
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1742
	period:-	18th century, early
	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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		Killinton
		Circle, building and tower.
	placename:-	Killinton
	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.
		Killington
		circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house
	placename:-	Killington
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1694
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Sanson 1679
		Map, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about miles to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679.
		Killinton
		circle, italic lowercase text; village or house
	placename:-	Killinton
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1679
	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.
		Killinton
		Buildings and tower.
	placename:-	Killinton
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1646
	period:-	17th century, early; 1640s
	source:-	Brathwaite 1638
		Poem, Drunken Barnaby's Four Journey to the North of England, by Richard Brathwaite, 1638, published 1716-62.
		Thence to Killington I passed,
		Where an Hill is freely grassed;
		There I staid not, tho' half tired,
		Higher still my Thoughts aspired:
		Taking leave of Mountains many,
		To my native Country came I.
	placename:-	Killington
	date:-	1638
	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.
		Killinton
		circle, building and tower
	placename:-	Killinton
	date:-	1611
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s
	source:-	Lloyd 1573 -- probably relevant
		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.
		Kyllingworth
	placename:-	Kyllingworth
	date:-	1573
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	old map:-	Saxton 1579
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		Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church.
		Killinton
	placename:-	Killinton
	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.
		Killinaton
		circle; village or hamlet
	placename:-	Killinaton
	locality:-	Lonsdale Ward
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1808
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	hearsay	A Need Fire was lit here in November 1840, perhaps the last lit in Westmorland, perhaps the last in England. This was a magical cure for the cattle sickness in the area prevalent for over a year. The fire had to be lit by friction, and had to be of wood that had never been inside a house. When going it was covered with damp grass or straw to make a heavy smoke through which the cattle were driven again and again. At the last the best runner took a burning brand to the next farm to light a need fire there, and so through the whole of Westmorland. The Patriot newspaper, 25 July 1834 described a cattle disease:- A sort of murrain, or pestilential fever, which is at present prevalent in the county of Westmorland, the popular remedy for which is fumigation of the infected animals with the smoke of needfire, accompanied by certain mystic signs.
		All Saints, Killington
		Hall Beck (4)
		Killington Bridge, Killington
		Killington Hall, Killington
		Killington Parish Hall, Killington
		School House, Killington
		Spring Ghyll House, Killington
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013

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