Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Westnewton

civil parish:-

Westnewton (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY13484411 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY1344

10Km square:-

NY14

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 35 4)
placename:- West Newton

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:- Newton in Ardale

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. "Newton in Ardale"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Newton in Ardale

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.

SP11NY14.jpg
"Newton in Ardale"
circle, tower
item:- private collection : 16
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evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Newton in Ardale

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.

JAN3NY14.jpg
"Newton in Ardale"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Newton in Ardale

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.

MD12NY14.jpg
"Newton in Ardale"
Circle, building and tower.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:- Newton in Ardal

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
"Newton in Ardal"
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality
item:- JandMN : 115
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Newton in Ardale

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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"Newton in Ardale / V"
circle, building and tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- West Newton
placename:- Newton, West

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.

D4NY14SW.jpg
"West Newton"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
placename:- West Newton

source data:-

Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.

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page 555-556 "West Newton"
item:- JandMN : 228.2
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evidence:-

possibly old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:- Newton

source data:-

Map, Cumberland, scale about 15.5 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, bound in Gray's New Book of Roads, 1824, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.

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GRA1Cd.jpg
"Newton"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
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evidence:-

old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd)
placename:- West Newton

source data:-

Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Stree, Soho, London, 1810.

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WL13.jpg
"Wst. Newton"
village, hamlet, house, ...
item:- Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- West Newton

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.

FD02NY14.jpg
"West Newton"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- West Newton

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.