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placename:- Ribton Hall
locality:- Ribton
parish Camerton parish, once in Cumberland
county:- Cumbria
building/s
coordinates:- NY04763053
10Km square:- NY03

1Km square NY0430

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760

The place labelled Ribston is Camerton; Ribton Hall is labelled St Lawrence.
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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Ribston
circle

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

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) -- possibly relevant

Robert Morden has copied a muddle from John Speed: the unlabelled village is St Lawrence; the circle, labelled St Lawrence is Ribton; the village labelled Ribton is Camerton; the village labelled Camerton shouldn't be there (or is Broughton Moor).
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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St. Lawrence
Circle.

placename:- St Lawrence
county:- Cumberland
date:- 1695
period:- 17th century, late; 1690s

old map:- Jansson 1646

The place labelled Ribton is Camerton; Ribton Hall is labelled St Lawrance.
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.
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Ribton
Buildings and tower.

placename:- Ribton
county:- Cumberland
date:- 1646
period:- 17th century, early; 1640s

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)

Ribton is labelled St Lawrance; Camerton is labelled Cammerton; ...
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.
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Ribton
circle, building, tower AND circle, tower

placename:- Ribton
other name:- St Lawrance
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.
Ribton

placename:- Ribton
county:- Cumberlandia
hamlet
date:- 1576
period:- 16th century, late; 1570s

Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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