Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Miterdale
	parish	Eskdale parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		valley
	coordinates:-	NY1501
	10Km square:-	NY10
	1Km square	NY1501
	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.
		Miterdale
		river valley
	placename:-	Miterdale
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s
	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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		MITERDALE
	placename:-	Miterdale
		valley
	old map:-	Bowen and Kitchin 1760 -- probably relevant
		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.
		Miterton
		circle, tower
	placename:-	Miterton
	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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		Miterdale
		Circle.
	placename:-	Miterdale
	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.
		Myterdale
		Buildings and tower.
	placename:-	Myterdale
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1646
	period:-	17th century, early; 1640s
	old map:-	Drayton 1612/1622
		Map, Cumberlande and Westmorlande, by Michael Drayton in part 2 of Polyolbion, probably engraved by William Hole; published by John Marriott, John Grismand, and Thomas Dewe, London, 1622.
		Niterdale
		Lady reclining.
	placename:-	Niterdale
	date:-	1622
	period:-	17th century, early; 1620s
	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.
		Myterdale
		circle, tower
	placename:-	Myterdale
	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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		Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus.
		Myterdale
	placename:-	Myterdale
	county:-	Cumberlandia
		hamlet
	date:-	1576
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	story	The tale of the Beckside Boggle. A young wife and her child were left in their farm in the Miterdale valley, by the farmer who had business in Whitehaven. At dusk a stranger woman, her head wrapped in a shawl asked for lodging, and was made welcome. She sat down at the fire side where the wife was making tallow candles. The stranger fell asleep, the shawl slipped, revealing a coarse featured man carrying a fearsome knife. The wife, terrified, lifted her heavy pan from the fire, and poured it over the strange man, choking him in boiling mutton fat. Early next day the farmer returned to find his distraught wife, with a ghastly corpse hidden on a ledge. They buried the body, and kept silent about it. The valley has ever since been haunted.
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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