Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Kirkbampton

civil parish:-

Kirkbampton (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY30495649 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY3056

10Km square:-

NY35

CBL69.jpg (taken 22.8.2014)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 22 3)
placename:- Kirkbampton

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:- Kirk Banton

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.

Sax9NY35.jpg
Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church. "Kirk banton"
item:- private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?)
placename:- Kirk Bounton

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.

MER8CumC.jpg
"Kirk bounton"
circle
item:- JandMN : 169
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Kirkbanton

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.

SP11NY35.jpg
"Kirkbanton"
circle, building, tower
item:- private collection : 16
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Kirk Banton

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.

JAN3NY35.jpg
"Kirk banton"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Banton Kirk

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.

MD12NY35.jpg
"Banton Kirk"
Circle, building and tower.
item:- JandMN : 90
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Banton Kirk

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.

BO18NY25.jpg
"Banton Kirk / R"
circle, building and tower, rectory
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Kirkbanton

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.

D4NY35NW.jpg
"Kirkbanton"
blocks, and usually a church, labelled in upright lowercase; a village
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag
placename:- Kirk Bampton

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.

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Gentleman's Magazine 1816 part 2 p.601
Biographical note from the Compendium of County History:- "Langbaine, Gerard, divine and antiquary, Kirk-Bampton (died 1657)."

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Kirkbampton

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.

FD02NY35.jpg
"Kirkbampton"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Kirk Bampton

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.