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placename:- Overgates
parish Bothel and Threapland parish, once in Cumberland
county:- Cumbria
building/s
coordinates:- NY18573980
10Km square:- NY13

1Km square NY1839

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.
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Overgate
circle and line

placename:- Overgate
date:- 1760
period:- 18th century, late; 1760s

old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 261)

Road book, Britannia Depicta Or Ogilby Improv'd, including road strip maps with sections in Westmorland, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, derived from maps by Ogilby, 1675, and a county map of Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, with text by John Owen, published by Emanuel Bowen, London, 1720; published 1720-64.
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At mile 21-22 from Egremont.

placename:- Overgate
date:- 1720
period:- 18th century, early; 1720s

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96)

Road book, Britannia, strip road maps, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland etc, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675; and a general map of England and Wales.
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In mile 21, Cumberland.
Overgate
house on the right of the road.

placename:- Overgate
date:- 1675
period:- 17th century, late; 1670s

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

Listed Buildings 2010

courtesy of English Heritage
OVERGATES / / / BOTHEL AND THREAPLAND / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72344 / NY1857639806
courtesy of English Heritage
Farmhouse. Late C18 with early C19 extension. Painted incised stucco with V-jointed quoins. Graduated greenslate roof with brick chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 3 bays with lower 2-bay left extension. 6-panel door in shouldered architrave under shaped pediment. Sash windows in painted stone surrounds. Extension has broader sash windows in painted stone surrounds. Home of the Moore family, see R.S. Boumphrey & C.R. Hudleston, Cumberland Families and Heraldry, 1978, p231.

placename:- Overgates
district:- Allerdale
listed building
coordinates:- NY18573980
date:- 2010
period:- 2010s

Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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