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Sedgwick
civil parish:-   Sedgwick (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD51448704 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD5187
10Km square:-   SD58


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BXD30.jpg (taken 15.8.2012)  
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BJS34.jpg (taken 12.8.2005)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 42 4) 
placename:-  Sedgwick
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:-  Seggeswick
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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Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus.  "Seggeswick"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Seggeswick
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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SP14SD58.jpg
"Seggeswick"
circle, building and tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Seggeswick
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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JAN3SD58.jpg
"Seggeswick"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38) 
placename:-  Sidwick
placename:-  Siggeswick
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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OG38m252.jpg
In mile 253, Westmoreland. 
Turning left:-  "to Sidwick al~s Siggeswick"
item:-  JandMN : 21
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evidence:-   old map:- Berry 1679
placename:-  Sigeswick
source data:-   Road map, diagram, The Grand Roads of England, engraved by John Rich, made and published by William Berry, at the Sign of the Globe, London, 1679.
"Sigeswick"

evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Seggeswick
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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"Seggeswick"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 93) 
placename:-  Sedgwick
source data:-   Strip maps, uncoloured engravings, road maps, The Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections in Lancashire and Westmorland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.
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B093m252.jpg
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.100
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Seggeswick
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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"Seggeswick"
Circle. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Seggeswick
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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"Seggeswick"
outline of fence palings 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Sedgwick
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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J5SD58NW.jpg
"Sedgwick"
blocks, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, village? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Sedgwick
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
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Ws02SD58.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Sedgwick
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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CY24SD58.jpg
"Sedgwick"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Sedgwick
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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"Sedgwick"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Sedgwick
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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FD02SD58.jpg
"Sedgwick"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Sedgwick
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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"Sedgwick"
map date 1909 

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

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Sedgwick
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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"Sedgwick"
map date 1890 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

places:-  
SD51008678 Back Lane (Sedgwick)
SD51228706 fence, Sedgwick (Sedgwick)
SD51308705 Old Post Office, The (Sedgwick)
SD5187 Sedgwick Park (Sedgwick)
SD51808706 railway bridge, Sedgwick (Sedgwick)
SD51988699 Raines Hall (Sedgwick) L
SD51358702 Sedgwick Aqueduct (Sedgwick) L
SD51068667 Sedgwick Hill Bridge (Sedgwick) L
SD51038701 Sedgwick House (Sedgwick) L
SD513869 icehouse, Sedgwick House (Sedgwick)
SD50868769 New Sedgwick Gunpowder Mills (Helsington) L
SD50888742 Sedgwick Gunpowder Mills (Helsington) gone
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