Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Dalston
	parish	Dalston parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		building/s
	coordinates:-	NY369501
	10Km square:-	NY35
	1Km square	NY3650
		Dalston -- Dalston -- Cumbria / -- 5.5.2006
		Dalston -- Dalston -- Cumbria / -- The village motto, cast on a litter bin:- -- 'WHILST I LIVE I'LL CROW' -- 5.5.2006
	old map:-	OS County Series (Cmd 30 2)
		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:-	Dalston
		building/s
	date:-	1890=1899
	period:-	19th century, late; 1890s
	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.
		Dalston
		blocks, settlement
	placename:-	Dalston
	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.
		Dalston
	placename:-	Dalston
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	descriptive text:-	Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
		Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839; published 1839-52.
		Page 99:-
		...
		...Here the vale of Dalston opens out to view, presenting a scene of mixed fertility and desolation, caused by the excessive rapidity and violence of the Caldew's swollen waters. This village, or rather knot of villages, is populous, being the seat of busy cotton manufactories. ...
	placename:-	Dalston
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	old map:-	Bowen and Kitchin 1760
		New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, published by T Bowles, John Bowles and Son, Robert Sayer, and John Tinney, 1760; published 1760-87.
		Dalston
		circle, tower
	placename:-	Dalston
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Cmd)
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695.
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		Dalston
		Circle, building and tower.
	placename:-	Dalston
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Jansson 1646
		Map, Cumbria et Westmoria, or Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646; published 1646-1724.
		Dauston
		Buildings and tower.
	placename:-	Dauston
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1646
	period:-	17th century, early; 1640s
	old map:-	Jenner 1643
		Table of distances and map, Westmerland ie Westmorland, now Cumbria, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by Thomas Jenner, London, 1643.
		Dawston
		circle
	placename:-	Dawston
	date:-	1643
	period:-	17th century, early; 1640s
	old map:-	Speed 1611 (Cmd)
		Maps, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, London, 1611; published 1611-1770.
		Dauston
		circle, tower
	placename:-	Dauston
	date:-	1611
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s
	old map:-	Saxton 1576
		Map, 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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		Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church.
		Dawston
	placename:-	Dawston
	county:-	Cumberlandia
		village
	date:-	1576
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	road book:-	Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
		Road book, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, published by G and J Cary, 86 St James's Street, London, 1798-1828.
		page 557-558
		to Dalston
	placename:-	Dalston
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	hearsay	Susanna Blamire was born here, 1747. Known as the Muse of Cumberland, she wrote poems about Cumberland life, and songs in Scots.
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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