Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Hawkshead
	other name:-	Aakseyd
	parish	Hawkshead parish, once in Lancashire
	county:-	Cumbria
		building/s -- market town;
	coordinates:-	SD351980
	10Km square:-	SD39
	coordinates:-	54d 22m 6s N, 2d 59m 6s W
	place code:-	Hwks
	1Km square	SD3598
		Hawkshead -- Hawkshead -- Cumbria / -- 16.9.2005
		Hawkshead -- Hawkshead -- Cumbria / -- 15.2.2008
	source:-	Philip/Wilson 1890s
		ESTHWAITE AND HAWKSHEAD.
	date:-	1895
	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.
		Hawkshead
		blocks, settlement
	placename:-	Hawkshead
	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.
		HAWKSHEAD
	placename:-	Hawkshead
	county:-	Lancashire
	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 15:-
		...
		HAWKSHEAD
		Stands in a warm sheltered valley, and the small
		Page 16:-
		round-topped verdant elevations, give a softness and beauty to this part of the lake scenery that can scarcely be excelled. The town is of great antiquity, and several of the houses are old, singular, artist-like subjects. The Old Hall of the abbots of Furness is now a farm-house. The market-place is pretty spacious, and has a neat town-house erected a few years ago. ...
		Page 158:-
		...
		HAWKSHEAD is a neat small market-town, standing in a warm and sheltered valley, surrounded by the lofty fells of Furness, and is doubtless of great antiquity, although there is no authentic record of its origin. The Free Grammar School has been the nursing mother of many eminent scholars. The beautiful and pastoral lake, Esthwaite Water, may very conveniently be perambulated from this place, and comfortable quarters may be had at the Red Lion. Population, 749; market-day, Monday.
	placename:-	Hawkshead
	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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		HAWKSHEAD
	placename:-	Hawkshead
	descriptive text:-	Baker 1802
		Perspective road map with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland, and Cumberland through Kendal and Penrith ending at Carlisle, by J Baker, London 1802.
		pp.25-26:-
		... Easthwaite is found by passing the town of Hawrshead, ...
	placename:-	Hawrshead
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	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:-
		...
		Hawkshead, the 4th market town in Furness, is built in an odd fashion, the birth-place of archbishop Sandys, who here founded a grammar-school and made the church parochial; in which his father and mother have a tomb. The trade of this place and Coniston is woollen yarn. ...
	placename:-	Hawkshead
	person:-	: Sandys, Archbishop
	date:-	1789
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old map:-	West 1784 map
		A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, now Cumbria, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, included in the Guide to the Lakes by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Westmorland, and in London, from the 3rd edition 1784, to 1821.
		HAWKSHEAD
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	placename:-	Hawkshead
		building/s; town
	county:-	Lancashire
	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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		Page 55:-
		... Hawkshead, which stands under a mountain, at the upper end of a narrow valley. The church is seated on the front of an eminence that commands the vale, which is floated with
		ESTHWAITE-WATER,
	date:-	1778
	period:-	18th century, late; 1770s
	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.
		Hawkshead
		circle, tower, town
	placename:-	Hawkshead
	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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		Hawkshead
		Circle, buildings, towers.
	placename:-	Hawkshead
	county:-	Lancashire
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	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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		Haukeside
		Circle.
	placename:-	Haukeside
	county:-	Lancashire
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	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.
		Haukeside
		circle, building and tower
	placename:-	Haukeside
	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.
		Haukeside
	placename:-	Haukeside
	county:-	Lancastria
		village
	date:-	1576
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	source:-	see:- Owen: 1792: New Book of Fairs
		Market listed by Owen, 1792.
		market town
	date:-	1792
	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 319-320
		Hawkshead
		market town
	placename:-	Hawkshead
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	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 220:-
		HAWKSHEAD.
		Atkinson, Robert, police officer.
		Atkinson, John, grocer.
		Atkinson, John, hoop manufacturer, Outgate.
		Atkinson, Richard B., beerhouse keeper, Outgate.
		Backhouse, Richard, farmer, High Wray.
		Bainbridge, Mrs. Sarah.
		Baisbrown, John, gardener and seedeman.
		Baisbrown, Richard, earthenware dealer.
		Bardsley, Thomas, schoolmaster.
		Barker, John, painter & glazier.
		Beck, Mrs., Esthwaite Lodge.
		Bell, Anthony, yeoman, Birkrey,
		Bell, Dorothy, tea dealer, Green End.
		Benson, Thomas, farmer, Field Head.
		Black, George, farmer, Atwood.
		Black, James I., officer of excise, Hannakin.
		Bowman, Thomas, Esq., (J.P.) Rogerground.
		Bownass, Geo. waller, Waterside.
		Bownass, William, calf dealer, Thompson Ground.
		Braithwaite, George, boot and shoe maker.
		Braithwaite, William, plasterer.
		Brockbank, Robert & Matthew, joiners, Hannakin.
		Burton, John, tailor and draper.
		Chapman, Ann, Hill Top.
		Coward, James, saddler.
		Coward, Edward, farmer, Keen Ground.
		Coward, William, miller, Hawkshead Mill.
		Coward, Wiliamn, flag merchant, Outgate.
		Crawford, Rev. Samuel, Borwick Lodge.
		Croasdale, John, farmer, Skinner How.
		Cooper, Mrs., Beckside Cottage.
		Croasdale, Isabella, farmer, Sawrey Ground.
		Dixon, James, waller, Croft Head.
		Dowbiggin, James, auctioneer.
		Dowbiggin, John, joiner.
		Dugdale, Richard, farmer, Cragg
		Dugdale, John, farmer, Tock How.
		Forrest, W. farmer, Beyont Field.
		Forsyth, John, wood monger, Field Head.
		Fothergill, John, farmer, Esthwaite Hall.
		Garnett Mary, Borwick Ground.
		Garnett George, farmer, Sunny Brow.
		Gibson, Alexander Craig, surgeon.
		Gill, Sarah, King's Arms Inn.
		Green, Samuel, clerk and sexton
		Hale, Miss Elizabeth, dressmaker.
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		Hartley, William, bacon dealer and farmer, Tock How.
		Hawkrigg, J. yeoman, Town End.
		Hetherington, Sarah, oat-bread baker.
		Hewitson, Miles, boot and shoe maker.
		Hickie, Daniel Banfield, L.L.D., master of grammar school.
		Hodgson, Braithwaite, Esq., Green End.
		Hodgson, William, blacksmith, Gallowbarrow.
		Hopkins, Joseph, Esq., Belle Grange.
		Hudson, Richd., farmer, Birkrey.
		Huish, Calverley, Esq.
		Hutchinson, John, boot and shoe maker.
		Hutchinson, Margaret, confectioner.
		Jackson, Richard, Sun Inn.
		Jefferson, William, farmer, Borwick Lodge.
		Keen, Jacob, farmer, Howe.
		Kendall, Wm., yeoman, Hawkshead Field.
		Kendall, James, yeoman, Hawkshead Field.
		Kilner, Mrs., Richmnond Villa.
		Kirkby, Mat., farmer, Waterson Ground.
		Kirkby, Robert, auctioneer, Colt-house.
		Ladyman, George, Queen's Head Inn.
		Leviston, George S., yeoman, Greystone Cottage.
		Lodge, Edmund, Esq., Keen Ground.
		Martin, John, hoop manufacturer
		Martin, George, waller.
		Medcalf, William, Esq., Mill Hill Cottage.
		Milligan, Joseph, farmer, Castle.
		Miligan, Michael, farmer, Knipe Fold.
		Newby, John, farmer, Foldyeat.
		Nicholson, George, tailor and draper.
		Noble, Robert, boot and shoe maker.
		Noble, the Misses, drapers.
		Noble, Mary, confectioner.
		Noble, John, ironmonger and grocer.
		Park, Rev. George, Parsonage, Walker Ground.
		Park, William, joiner.
		Park, James, swiller, Gallowbarrow.
		Park, John, farmer, Dodgsonground.
		Parker, Anthony, farmer, Hawkshead Hall.
		Poole, John, butcher, Rogerground.
		Poole, John, Esq., solicitor, Field Head House.
		Postlethwaite, Isaac, tailor.
		Purdie, James, tin plate worker
		Raven, Mrs., Walker Ground.
		Raven, Robert, saddler.
		Rigg, John, clogger, Outgate.
		Robinson, Thos., vetr. surgeon.
		Rowlandson, Margaret, spinster.
		Rowlandson, John, gentleman.
		Satterthwaite, Thomas, cooper, Outgate.
		Satterthwaite, Thomas, farmer, Loanthwaite.
		Satterthwaite, Jonathan, bacon curer, Colthouse.
		Satterthwaite, Wm., blacksmith.
		Scales, Rowland, yeoman, Outgate.
		Scott, Miss Deborah, dressmaker.
		Slater and Heelis, solicitors.
		Steele, Jonathan, yeoman.
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		Stolzman, Madame E., ladies seminary,
		Studdart, Robert, boot and shoe maker.
		Swainson, G., farmer, Sike Side.
		Taylor, John, relieving officer,
		Taylor, Ann, grocer.
		Taylor, George, plasterer.
		Taylor, Ferdinando, Red Lion Inn.
		Taylor, the Misses, milliners and dressmakers,
		Taylor, Isaac, blacksmith, Hannakin.
		Taylor, Joseph, beerhouse keeper, Waterbarnets.
		Taylor, John, waller, Sandground
		Usher, John, Brown Cow Inn.
		Usher, Benjamin, waller.
		Usher, John, waller, Sand Ground.
		Walker, Thomas, carpenter, Gallabarrow.
		Walker, Mary, grocer, Gallowbarrow.
		Walker, William, bobbin manufacturer, Bobbin Mill Cottage.
		Walker, John Thomas, bobbin turner, Summer Hill.
		Wardley, Joshua, farmer, High House.
		Wardley, Thomas, farmer, High Barn.
		Warriner, Thomas, yeoman, Outgate.
		Watson, Charles, postmaster.
		Watson, Gawn, tallow chandler.
		Watson, Anne, draper.
		Whittaker, Mrs., Belmont.
		Wilson, Mary, national school mistress.
		Wilson, John, carrier.
		Wilcock, Thomas, Esq., Lake Bank.
		Wilson, William, Esq., land agent, High Wray.
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	old print:-	MacBride 1922
		Wild Lakeland, by MacKenzie MacBride illustrated by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1922-28.
		Print, colour, Hawkshead, by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, 4-6 Soho Square, London, 2nd edn 1928.
		Tipped in opposite p.81 in Wild Lakeland by MacKenzie MacBride.
		printed at bottom:-
		HAWKSHEAD
		signed at lower left:-
		A. HEATON COOPER
	placename:-	Hawkshead
	date:-	1922
	period:-	1920s
	old print:-	Robertson 1911
		Wordsworthshire, by Eric Robertson, Windermere, Westmorland, illustrated by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
		Print, lithograph? Anne Tyson's Cottage, Hawkshead, from a watercolour by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
		Tipped in opposite p.140 of Wordsworthshire by Eric Robertson.
		printed at bottom:-
		ANNE TYSON'S COTTAGE, HAWKSHEAD / (Upper window on right was Wordworth's)
		signed at painting lower left:-
		Arthur Tucker
	locality:-	Anne Tyson's Cottage
	person:-	: Tyson, Anne
	date:-	1911
	period:-	1910s
	old print:-	Robertson 1911
		Wordsworthshire, by Eric Robertson, Windermere, Westmorland, illustrated by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
		Print, lithograph? Flag Street, Hawkshead, from a watercolour by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
		Tipped in opposite p.134 of Wordsworthshire by Eric Robertson.
		printed at bottom:-
		FLAG STREET, HAWKSHEAD
		signed at painting lower left:-
		Arthur Tucker
	date:-	1911
	period:-	1910s
	old print:-	Robertson 1911
		Wordsworthshire, by Eric Robertson, Windermere, Westmorland, illustrated by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
		Print, lithograph? Cottages, High Hawkshead, from a watercolour by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
		Tipped in opposite p.110 of Wordsworthshire by Eric Robertson.
		printed at bottom:-
		COTTAGES, HIGH HAWKSHEAD
		signed at painting lower left:-
		Arthur Tucker
	date:-	1911
	period:-	1910s
	old print:-	Robertson 1911
		Wordsworthshire, by Eric Robertson, Windermere, Westmorland, illustrated by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
		Print, lithograph? Mrs Hodgson's Cottage, Hawkshead, from a watercolour by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
		Tipped in opposite p.102 of Wordsworthshire by Eric Robertson.
		printed at bottom:-
		MRS HODGSON'S COTTAGE, HAWKSHEAD / (Upper room said by some to be Wordsworth's)
		signed at painting lower left:-
		Arthur Tucker
	locality:-	Mrs Hodgson's Cottage
	person:-	: Hodgson, Mrs
	person:-	poet : Wordsworth, William
	date:-	1911
	period:-	1910s
	old print:-	Robertson 1911
		Wordsworthshire, by Eric Robertson, Windermere, Westmorland, illustrated by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
		Print, lithograph? Hawkshead, from a watercolour by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
		Tipped in opposite p.64 of Wordsworthshire by Eric Robertson.
		printed at bottom:-
		HAWKSHEAD / ('Priest's Pot' Pool in foreground; Weatherlam covered with snow)
		signed at painting lower left:-
		Arthur Tucker
	placename:-	Hawkshead
	date:-	1911
	period:-	1910s
	old print:-	Pearson 1900s
		Print, halftone photograph, A Street in Hawkshead, Lancashire, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s.
		On p.91 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts.
		printed at bottom:-
		A STREET IN HAWKSHEAD. (p.90).
	placename:-	Hawkshead
	date:-	1900=1909
	period:-	1900s
	old print:-	Pearson 1900s
		Print, halftone photograph, Old House, Hawkshead, Lancashire, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s.
		On p.10 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts.
		printed at bottom:-
		OLD HOUSE, HAWKSHEAD. (p.90).
	placename:-	Hawkshead
	date:-	1900=1909
	period:-	1900s
	old print:-	Jopling 1843
		Print, Hawkshead, Lancashire, by Charles M Jopling, published by Whittaker and Co, Ave Maria Lane, London and by Stephen Soulby, Ulverston, Cumberland, 1843.
		On p.35 of a Sketch of Furness and Cartmel, by Charles M Jopling. The accompanying text refers to:-
		Hawcoat
	placename:-	Hawkshead
	other name:-	Hawcoat
	date:-	1843
	period:-	19th century, early
	old photograph:-	Bogg 1898
		Photograph, halftone print, Flag Street, Hawkshead, Lancashire, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.
		Included on p.217 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg.
	date:-
	period:-	19th century, late
	old print:-	Bogg 1898
		Print, engraving, Dame Tyson's Cottage, Hakwshead, Lancashre, by A Haselgrave, 1897, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.
		Included on p.216 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg.
	person:-	: Tyson, Mrs
	person:-	poet : Wordsworth, William
	date:-
	period:-	19th century, late
	old print:-
		Print, uncoloured engraving, Hawkshead, Lancashire, published 1870.
		On p.69 of Furness, Past and Present.
		printed at bottom:-
		HAWKSHEAD.
	placename:-	Hawkshead
	date:-	1870
	period:-	19th century, late
		photographs
		Hawkshead -- Hawkshead -- Cumbria / -- Bend or Bump on Main Street. -- SD35219816 (at) -- 15.2.2008
		Hawkshead -- Hawkshead -- Cumbria / -- Fireplate, Sun Insurance, on Bend or Bump, Main Street. -- SD35219816 (at) -- 15.2.2008
		Hawkshead -- Hawkshead -- Cumbria / -- Thimble Hall, Main Street. -- 15.2.2008
		Hawkshead -- Hawkshead -- Cumbria / -- Street name sign. A poet would have kept the old name. -- 15.2.2008
		Hawkshead -- Hawkshead -- Cumbria / -- Flag street; seems to have lost its flags, and gained a lot of contemporary flowerpots. -- 14.2.2010
		Hawkshead -- Hawkshead -- Cumbria / -- Archway on Vicarage Lane. -- 14.2.2010
		Hawkshead -- Hawkshead -- Cumbria / -- Archway on Vicarage Lane. -- 14.2.2010
		Hawkshead -- Hawkshead -- Cumbria / -- Wall of slate slabs by road to north. -- 16.9.2005
	hearsay	In the Act against vermin, 1566, Parliament decided that each parish should be responsible for exterminating the fox. The bounty on a fox's head was one shilling; about the 17th century, Hawkshead was paying five shillings.
	hearsay	In Hawkshead, wiggs are tea cakes. Samuel Pepys took his wiggs with ale.
	hearsay	The parish accounts, 1689, record that William Braithwaite and William Stamper, apprentices, made a bet with Bernard Swainson, apprentice, that he could not drink nine noggins of brandy - a noggin is a quarter pint. Bernard drank up:- ... and shortly after that fell downe upon the floore; and was straightway carried to his bed where hee layed two and twenty hours; dureinge which time hee could never speke, noe, nor never did know any body though many Came to See him and Soe he dyed.
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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