Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Coniston
	parish	Coniston parish, once in Lancashire
	county:-	Cumbria
		building/s --
	coordinates:-	SD302978
	10Km square:-	SD39
	place code:-	Cnst
	1Km square	SD3097
		Coniston -- Coniston -- Cumbria / -- 16.9.2005
	old map:-	OS County Series (Lan 4 4)
		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:-	Coniston
		building/s
	date:-	1890=1899
	period:-	19th century, late; 1890s
	source:-	Martineau 1855
		Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-71.
		Page 27:-
		the region. The little town of Church Coniston, and the New Inn, are a mile short of Waterhead; and the stranger must stop, and look through the place, while his early dinner is preparing. ...
	placename:-	Church Coniston
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	old map:-	Garnett 1850s-60s H
		Map of the English Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
		CONISTON
		blocks, settlement
	placename:-	Coniston
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s
	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.
		Ch. Conistone
	placename:-	Church Conistone
	county:-	Lancashire
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	source:-	Otley 1818
		New Map of the District of the Lakes, in Westmorland, Cumberland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, published by J Otley, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1818; pblished 1818 to 1850s.
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		CONISTON
	placename:-	Coniston
	old text:-	Camden 1789 (Gough Additions)
		Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
		Page 143:-
		...
		... To the north is Coningston manor between Coningston fells, very high mountains, wherein are mines of copper, lead, and slate, and Coningston or Thurston water, ... It has the additional name of Fleming to distinguish it from Monk Coningston on the opposite side of the lake which belonged to Furness abbey. In the reign of Henry III. it came by marriage from the Urswickes to Richard le Fleming of Caernarvon castle, and has been ever since enjoyed by his heirs male, sir Michael le Fleming of Rydal hall, Westmorland, being the present possessor; which last manor came to them by marriage of sir Thomas le Fleming with Isabel one of the daughters and coheirs of sir John de Lancaster of Rydal and Holgil castle in the same county, knt. The chapel was made parochial among divers others in this county by archbishop Sandys.
	placename:-	Coningston
	other name:-	Coningston Fleming
	person:-	: Fleming, Richard le
	person:-	: Fleming Family
	date:-	1789
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old map:-	Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Con)
		Series of maps, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, of the Grand Lake of Windermere, of the Beautiful Lake of Ullswater, of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, of Coniston Lake, of Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater Lakes, and Pocklington's Island, by Peter Crosthwaite, Kendal, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1783 to 1794.
		circle, buildings, tower and a ?cross:-
		The Village of Church Coniston
		and a scatter of blocks for building/s:-
		Church Coniston
	placename:-	Church Coniston
	date:-	1783=1794
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s; 1790s
	descriptive text:-	West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
		Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
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		The next grand view is had in the boat, and from the centre of the lake, ...
		Following the line of shore from Coniston-hall, to the upper end of the lake, the village of Coniston is in full view, and consists of seats, groups of houses, farms, and cots, scattered in a picturesque manner over the cultivated slope. Some are snow-white, others gray; some stand forth on bold eminences at the head of green inclosures; backed with steep woods; others are pitched on sweet declivities, and seem hanging in the
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		Page 53:-
		air; some again are on a level with the lake; and all are neatly covered with blue slate, the produce of the mountains, and beautified with ornamental yews, hollies, and tall pines, or firs. This is a charming scene, when the morning sun tinges the whole with a variety of tints. ...
	date:-	1778
	period:-	18th century, late; 1770s
	old print:-	Pearson 1900s
		Print, halftone photograph, Crags near Coniston, Lancashire, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s.
		On p.3 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts.
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		CRAGS NEAR CONISTON.
	placename:-	Coniston
	date:-	1900=1909
	period:-	1900s
	market notes:-	see:- : 1889: Market Rights and Tolls: HM Government
		Market listed by HM Government, 1888.
		market town
	date:-	1888
	source:-	Martineau 1855
		Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-71.
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		CONISTON.
		Atkinson, Thomas, Waterhead Hotel.
		Barnett, George, innkeeper
		Barratt, Wm., Hollyhow Cottage
		Barratt John, Esq., Holyworth House.
		Barrow, Edward, Black Bull Inn.
		Barrow, Joseph, yeoman, Little Arrow.
		Barrow, Wm., yeoman, Outrake.
		Barrow, Henry, yeoman, Heathwaite.
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		Barrow, Adam, farmer, Cat Bank.
		Barrow, William, farmer, Heathwaite.
		Burrow, George, farmer and wool stapler, Hallgarth.
		Beever, the Misses, Thwaite.
		Bell, William, joiner, Hawsbank.
		Benson, John, farmer, Yew Tree.
		Boileau, Simon John, Esq., Parsonage.
		Bowdin, Daniel, accountant.
		Bownass, Wm., yeoman, Brow.
		Bownass, Roger, yeoman, Dixon Ground.
		Bownass, George, junr.,
		Bownass, Roger, draper, Post-office.
		Briggs, John, carrier.
		Briggs, John, junr., carrier.
		Bywater, R. T., Esq., surgeon.
		Chambre, Miss, Bank Ground.
		Collinson, William, farmer, Low Yewdale.
		Coward, Edward, farmer, Farend.
		Coward, Henry, grocer & carrier, Bridge End.
		Coward, Edward, joiner, Saw Mills.
		Diddams, John, school master,
		Dixon, Benjamin, yeoman, Spoon Hall.
		Dixon, William, yeoman, Dixon Ground.
		Dixon, Joseph, grocer.
		Dixon, John, tailor.
		Fleming, George, butcher, Yewdale Bridge.
		Fleming, John, shoemaker.
		Fleming, Robert blacksmith.
		Gaskgarth, Anthony, lodging house.
		Grave, William, Railway Tavern.
		Hall, Joseph, grocer.
		Harker, Jas., Rising Sun, beerhouse.
		Irving, I, farmer, Coniston Hall.
		Jackson, John, farmer, High Yewdale.
		Jackson, Edward, farmer and slate merchant, Tilberthwaite.
		Knight, John, farmer and assesment overseer.
		Knipe, Thomas and Jas., tailors.
		Linton, William J., artist, Brantwood.
		Marshall, J. G., Esq., M.P., Waterhead House.
		Massicks, Isaac, Crown Hotel.
		Massicks, Isaac, blacksmith.
		Mason, Miles, yeoman & waller, Low Houses.
		Mossop, Clement tailor.
		Milligan, George, farmer, Tarn Haws.
		Nicholson, Eleanor, grocer.
		Parker, John, farmer and slate merchant, Holme Ground.
		Pickles, Richard, farmer, Dixon Ground.
		Pool, John, butcher.
		Prickett, Richard, farmer, Dixon Ground.
		Redhead, Edward, painter and glazier.
		Romney, William, agent to J. G. Marshall, Esq.
		Shuttleworth, Joseph, farmer, Tent Lodge.
		Shuttleworth, Wilson, butcher, Waterhead.
		Smith, Wordsworth, Esq., Coniston Bank.
		Smith, Mrs., Coniston Bank.
		Spedding, John, yeoman, Bowmanstead.
		Thwaites, William, shoemaker.
		Tolming, Rev. Thomas, incumbent of Coniston.
		Towers, Matthew, yeoman, Little Arrow.
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		Townson, William, yeoman, Gill.
		Tyson, George, tailor and draper.
		Tyson, J., yeoman, High Ground
		Walker, Henry, farmer, Bank Ground.
		Wilson, Wm., yeoman, Beckses.
		Wilson, Matthew, yeoman, Hollins Bank.
		Wilson, John, carrier.
		Wilson, Thomas, farmer, Coniston Bank.
		Wilson, John, farmer, Rowlandson Ground.
		Wilson, Wm., beerhouse keeper, Miners' Arms.
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
		photographs
		Coniston -- Coniston -- Cumbria / -- 28.4.2006
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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