Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Orton
	parish	Orton S parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		building/s -- market town;
	coordinates:-	NY621083
	10Km square:-	NY60
	place code:-	Ortn
	1Km square	NY6208
		Orton -- Orton S -- Cumbria / -- 21.4.2006
		Orton -- Orton S -- Cumbria / -- Orton Farmers' Market -- 9.6.2007
	old map:-	OS County Series (Wmd 21 16)
		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:-	Orton
		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.
		Orton
		blocks, settlement
	placename:-	Orton
	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.
		ORTON
	placename:-	Orton
	county:-	Westmoreland
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	descriptive text:-	Wallis 1810
		Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, now Cumbria, scale about 19 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Street, Soho, London, 1810; published 1810-36.
		PRINCIPAL FAIRS.
		Orton: May 2, black cattle; Friday before Whitsunday, sheep and black cattle.
	placename:-	Orton
	date:-	1810
	period:-	19th century, early; 1810s
	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 155:-
		...
		Orton, or Overton, is a vicarage belonging formerly to Conishead priory, Lancashire, after the dissolution to the crown, and by purchase from the latter settled in feoffees, who present, and the bishop of Carlisle institutes. The late Dr. Richard Burn, chancellor of the diocese of Carlisle, author of the Justice of Peace, and a system of ecclesiastical law, and joint editor of the History and Antiquities of this county and Cumberland in 2 vols. 4to. 1777, held it
		Page 156:-
		near 50 years to his death Nov. 20, 1785. Here is a market granted by Edward I. and confirmed by Oliver Cromwell 1655, who, 1678, granted two fairs. ...
	placename:-	Orton
	other name:-	Overton
	person:-	: Burn, Richard
	person:-	: Edward I
	person:-	Cromwell, Oliver
	date:-	1789
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s 8OBJECT market
	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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		Tour to the Caves in the West Riding of Yorkshire, late 18th century
		Page 243:-
		...
		... The Roman road is easily traced from Ribchester ... to Overborough; afterwards the Roman road goes through Casterton and Middleton, and, as some think, by Borrow-bridge and Orton, to Apulby. ...
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old map:-	Jefferys 1770
		Map, The County of Westmoreland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed by J Ainslie and perhaps T Donald, engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
		ORTON
		blocks on a street plan, a church and large house
	placename:-	Orton
	date:-	1770
	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.
		Orton Mar. Wed. / V
		blocks at cross roads, town, market, vicarage
	placename:-	Orton
		market town
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old map:-	Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
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		Orton
		Building; labelled as a town.
	placename:-	Orton
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1746
	period:-	18th century, early; 1740s
	old map:-	Badeslade 1742
		A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, and descriptive text, Cumberland similarly, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
		Orton Market Wednesday.
	placename:-	Orton
	date:-	1742
	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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		Orton
		Circle, buildings, towers.
	placename:-	Orton
	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.
		Orton
		Buildings and tower.
	placename:-	Orton
	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.
		Orton
		circle, building and tower
	placename:-	Orton
	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.
		Orton
	placename:-	Orton
	county:-	Westmorelandia
		village
	date:-	1576
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	market notes:-	see:- Palmer's Index No.93:: Public Record Office see:- Owen: 1792: New Book of Fairs see:- Bowen, Emanuel & Kitchin, Thomas: 1760: New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland
		Wednesday market to be held at the manor, granted by Edward I to Ranulph de Dacre and Thomas de Musegrave, 14 January 1278; listed in the Calendar of Charter Rolls.
		Letter patent for a market at Overton, 6 Ed 1, 1277-78, in Palmer's Index No.93 at the Public Record Office.
		Market day Wednesday given on Bowen and Kitchin's map, 1760.
		Market listed by Owen, 1792.
	other name:-	Overton
	person:-	: Edward I
	person:-	: Dacre, Ranulph de
	person:-	: Musegrave, Thomas de
		market town
	date:-	1278; 1792; 1760
	hearth tax returns:-	Hearth Tax 1670
		in Westmoreland / The Hundred of Bottome of Westmoreland
		Orton Towne
	placename:-	Orton Towne
	date:-	1670
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	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 315-316
		Orton
		market town
		At Orton, John Burn, Esq.
	placename:-	Orton
	person:-	: Burn, John
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
		photographs
		Orton -- Orton S -- Cumbria / -- On a less cheerful day. -- 31.12.2010
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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