Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Papcastle

civil parish:-

Papcastle (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY10933135 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY1131

10Km square:-

NY13

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 54 3)
placename:- Papcastle

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:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Pap Castle

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.

SP11NY13.jpg
"Pap Cast"
circle, tower
item:- private collection : 16
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evidence:-

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96)
placename:- Papcastle

source data:-

Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.

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In mile 14, Cumberland.
Turning left:- "to Papcastle"
item:- JandMN : 22
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evidence:-

old map:- Sanson 1679
placename:- Pap Castle

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about 9.5 miles to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679.

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"Pap C."
circle, building and tower, flag; town?
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Pap Castle

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.

MD12NY13.jpg
"Pap Castle"
Circle, building with two towers.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Bowen 1720 (plate 261)
placename:- Pap Castle
item:- font; inscription, danish

source data:-

Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, pl.261, the end of the road from Kendal to Cockermouth and the road from Egremont to Carlisle, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.

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"At Pap Castle abt. 2 Miles off [from Cockermouth], among other Monuments of Antiquity, was lately found a large open Vessel of Green stone, adorned wth. curious Imagery. That on ye East side of it representing a Person in a Sacerdotal Habit dipping a Child in Water (wch. was ye primitive way of administring Baptism evinces it to be Christian, And ye Learned Antiquary Dr. Nicholson from ye Intricate Dano Saxonic Inscription on it, wch. he first explained, supposes it to be an ancient Font, intended as a Monument of ye Baptism) of one Ekard (a General or person of Note among ye Danes) who as ye Inscription mentions, being converted here influenced a great many Persons by his example. This Vessel is now used as a Font in Bedkirk Church."
item:- Dove Cottage : Lowther.36
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evidence:-

old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:- Pap Castle

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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BD10.jpg
"Pap C."
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality
item:- JandMN : 115
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evidence:-

old map:- Gents Mag 1751
placename:- Pap Castle

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Black Lead Mines in Cumberland, and area, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, by George Smith, published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1751.

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"Pap Castle"
circle and blocks; village
item:- JandMN : 114
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760

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.

BO18NY12.jpg
circle and line ALSO

BO18NY03.jpg
"Pap Cast."
circle and line
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

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

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.

D4NY13SW.jpg
"Papcastle"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Papcastle

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.

OT02NY13.jpg
item:- JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
item:- geology

source data:-

Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.

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Page 161:- "A superincumbent bed of limestone, by some called the mountain, by others the upper transition limestone, mantles round these mountains, in a position unconformable to the strata of the slaty and other rocks upon which it reposes. It bassets out near ... Pardshaw, Papcastle, Bothel, ..."

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
placename:- Papcastle

source data:-

Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.

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Page 84:- "..."
"... the village of Papcastle, crowning the ridge on the northern banks of the Derwent, should be visited. Many of the houses are genteel and commodious; ..."

hearsay:-

Gilbert Pipard, a judge in the time of Henry II, built Pipard's Castle on the roman fort site, which explains the village name Papcastle.

reference:-

Papcastle

Adams, Douglas & Lloyd, John: 1990: Deeper Meaning of Life, The: Pan Books &Faber and Faber

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