Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Great Asby
	parish	Asby parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		building/s
	coordinates:-	NY680131
	10Km square:-	NY61
	1Km square	NY6813
	old map:-	OS County Series (Wmd 22 3)
		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:-	Great Asby
	other name:-	Asby, Great
		building/s
	date:-	1890=1899
	period:-	19th century, late; 1890s
	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.
		Gt. Ashby
	placename:-	Great Ashby
	county:-	Westmoreland
	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.
		Asby Mag. / R
		circle, building and tower
	placename:-	Asby Magna
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old map:-	Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
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		G. Ashby
	placename:-	Great Ashby
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1746
	period:-	18th century, early; 1740s
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Wmd)
		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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		Great Ashby
		Circle, building and tower.
	placename:-	Great Ashby
	county:-	Westmorland
	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.
		G. Ashbÿ
		Buildings and tower.
	placename:-	Great Ashby
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1646
	period:-	17th century, early; 1640s
	old map:-	Speed 1611 (Wmd)
		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.
		Great Ashby
		circle, tower
	placename:-	Great Ashby
	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.
		Ashby mag:
	placename:-	Ashby Magna
	county:-	Westmorelandia
		village
	date:-	1576
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	hearsay	The rectory has the remains of a pele tower built 14th century. Lady Anne Clifford was given shelter at the rectory from a storm, in thanks she gave the rector a door lock - this is now in the church. At Marble Mill, by the beck, the local limestone was polished into marble.
	hearsay	George Steadman lived here, 1846-1904. He retired from Cumberland Wrestling in 1900, age 54, having won the Grasmere championships 17 times.
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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