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[Atkinson of Carlisle]  Bundle of Papers concerning William and Sarah Atkinson
William & Sarah died in 1905 and 1906 respectively.  This bundle of perhaps 40-50 papers concerns the sorting our of their estates.  Theres also paperwork concerning the Pattinson family.  (ref 139/15)  £20.00 post-free    
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[Baty of Burthwaite]  Bundle of Papers
This small bundle of papers includes legal advice from Lincoln's Inn in London as to a joint account held by Robert Baty (killed in a railway accident in 1875) and his widow Jane (died 1889).  12 items, some multi-paged.  (ref 139/21)   £12.50 post-free   
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[Baty of Burthwaite]  Bundle of Papers
A small bundle of papers concerning Jane Baty who died in 1889 [though the admon wasn't granted until 1897].  Related name Warburton.  20 or so items inc several Cumberland Co-Operative Benefit Building Society withdrawal cards showing Jane formerly lived at Brisco.  (ref 139/25)  £12.00 post-free   
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[Beattie of Carlisle]  Bundle of Papers
This bundle of perhaps 20-30 items includes correspondence, a funeral bill, estate duty papers, bank book and the probated copy of the will of Rebecca Beattie who died in 1926.  (ref 139/19)  £12.50 post-free   
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[Bewley document]  Deed of Assignment of Goods
Thomas Bewley of Carlisle was a whip maker and his workshop is described as a whippery.  He was declared bankrupt in November 1780 and this deed, drawn up the following month, concerns the seizure of his possessions for the benefit of his creditors.  Thomas was not necessarily a business failure - one of his debts was '£100 and upwards' owed to a surgeon, so ill health seems to have been a major factor.  Manuscript on parchment, size approx 28"x19", nibbled by mice at least twice but as the deed had been folded for convenient storage those two nibbles created six holes - with loss of text in each case.  Damaged it may be but the deed is unique, and if you are researching the Bewley family.........  (ref 7721)  priced for the damage at £10.00 post-free  Not for export

[Borrowdale/Dixon/Walker/Turner/Jackson families]  Pedigrees
The three main pedigrees here chart the descendants of 3 of the 9 children of George Dixon and Elizabeth Borrowdale who married c1760.  They commence with Elizabeth Dixon (d1819) who married John Walker;  Mary Dixon (d1827) who married Richard Turner;  and Jane Dixon (died 1820) who married John Jackson.    Members of all these families lived and died in Cumberland and North Lancashire.  Very useful detail in manuscript on paper, drawn up in the mid- 19c for a court case (Rimmer v Carr) and from a 4th pedigree charting descendants of a Borrowdale family we can see how the Walkers and Jacksons were related to the disputing Rimmers and Carrs.  This 4th pedigree is grubby and extensively torn along an old fold though perfectly legible.  (ref 3407)  £30.00 post-free
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[Charlton of Kirklinton and Stamwix]  Bundle of Paperwork
A small bundle of papers concerning James Charlton who died in 1882.   The papers include the probated copy of his will, the bill for his coffin, the bill for his funeral and several legacy papers.  There's also paperwork concerning his brother Stephen [d1877] and his neice Elizabeth Richardson.  Interesting lot, 14 items, mostly multi-paged.  (ref 139/14)  £20.00 post-free   
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[Deans of Carlisle]  Bundle of Papers
A small bundle of papers principally concerning David Deans [died 1905] inc the probated copy of his will, the bill for his funeral and a few other papers.  (ref 139/11)  £10.00 post-free 
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[Douglas of Carlisle & latterly High Ireby]  Bundle of Papers
A small bundle of papers, mainly day-to-day correspondence, but inc an admon of Ann Douglas [died 1887].  The correspondence runs from 1887 to 1911.  We haven't gone through it all but there were Bell relatives, some in New Zealand.  The bundle (ref 139/12)  £15.00 post-free 
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[Irwin of Carlisle]  Bundle of Papers
A group of papers covering the period 1911-1914 mainly resulting from the death of Ruth Irwin who died in 1913.  Several small bundles of day-to-day paperwork, one of the bundles consisting of perhaps 90 misc letters, one of them from nephew Isaac Sharp setting out a good few family relationships and a rough pedigree.  Well over 100 items altogether.  (ref 139/22)  £18.00 post-free   
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[Irwin of Carlisle]  Bundle of Papers
This small group of papers concerns Elizabeth Irwin who died in 1889.   Several legacy duty papers, related surnames being Sharpe, Coates and Bowerbank, and quite a few items of routine correspondence.  (ref 139/27)  £12.00 post-free     
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[Ivinson of Carlisle]  Bundle of Papers
This paperwork concerns Margaret Ivinson who died in 1904.  Included in the paperwork are Margaret's bank books covering the period 1888-1924 and the probated copy of her will, probated being granted to her great-neice Violet Ryder (nee Brown).   About 23 items altogether, some multi-paged.  (ref 139/16)  £20.00 post-free    
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Extracts from the Pedigrees of James of Barrock [Hesket]
HEMJ & WAJ, 1913, privately printed for handy & confidential family use only. 4to, unpaginated. This is extract no 7 containing the descent of James, Ashworth & Ramsden, Moir, Maitland and Pugh. Boards grubby & corners waterstained, gilt arms & lettering (that on spine is quite sunned), marbled eps.   (ref 7501)  £37.50

[Kirkup of Blackford, Kirkinton]  Small Bundle of Papers
An admon of Julia Kirkup [d1877], a couple of estate duty papers and 4 minor papers.  (ref 139/22)  £8.00 post-free   
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[Lonsdale of Stanwix]  Bundle of Papers
A small group of papers concerning members of the Lonsdale family - in particular Thomas of Dumfries & Stanwix [d c1856] and John James of Stanwix [d1864].   Approx 40 items, mostly day-to-day stuff.  (ref 139/23)  £20.00 post-free    
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[Partington & Forsyth families]  Bundle of Papers
This bundle of papers ranges in dates from 1894 to 1926.  The Partingtons lived at Blackpool but there was clearly a stong link with Carlisle as the funeral bill for Thomas P [d1926] shows he was buried in Carlisle cemetery.  The bundle includes 2 admons (Thomas Partington and Thomas Forsyth d1894), estate duty papers plus various letters etc.  In all about 18 items, mostly multi-paged.  (ref 139/20)  £15.00 post-free   
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[Poole of Carlisle]  Bundle of Papers
Jane Poole died in 1899.  This small bundle of papers includes the probated copy of her will, her bank book 1896-1899 and a few other papers.  (ref 139/17)  £10.00 post-free   
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[Scott of Kingstown, Carlisle]  Small Bundle of Papers
This little bundle comprises an admon for John Scott [d1899], the draft copy of an application for the admon to his widow Mary Jane, and a minor office paper.  (ref 139/18)  £7.50 post-free  
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[Scott of Kirkoswald]  Small Bundle of Papers ref Jane Scott
Jane died in 1880.  This small group of papers includes an admon granted to her daughter Margaret Smith of Ainstable.  About a dozen items in all.  (ref 139/24)  £10.00 post-free   
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[Snowden of Carlisle]  Probated Will & Other Papers
Thomas Snowden died in 1892.  Here is a little bundle of papers inc the probated copy of his will, his savings bank book and other paperwork - perhaps a dozen items altogether.  (ref 139/26)  £12.00 post-free   
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The Trimbles & Cowens of Dalston, Cumberland
William Tennant Trimble, 1935. 4to, 68pp inc index, teg, 18 plates as called for. Damp-affected copy, the boards are dampstained, there is some mould inside as well as scattered spotting, and the pages are rippled. VG copies command £50 or more, this copy (ref 2458) more affordable at £30.00

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[Aikton document]  Sale Particulars of the Down Hall Estate
Printed particulars for an 1867 sale of the 117-acre Down Hall Estate and the 70-acre Down Hall Pasture Land, both tenanted by George Routledge.  Included with the particulars are two large [29"x18" and 17"x21"] multifolding location plans.  The document is a bit grubby, a trifle mis-folded, but given it is nigh-on 150 years of age the faults are perfectly acceptable.  (ref 7738)  £17.50 UK post-free

[Aspatria/Arlecdon/St Bees/Brigham/Bridekirk/Camerton/Cleator/Dearham/Distington/Flimby/Holme Cultram/Harrington/Lamplugh/Moresby/Millom/ Workington/Whicham/Whitbeck document]  Document Issued by Inclosure Commissioners
A schedule of lands owned by the Earl of Lonsdale amounting to well over 16,000 acres, all of it in the county of Cumberland.  The schedule was drawn up in 1869 under the 1864 Land Improvement Act.  It is of particular interest to both local and family historians in that it breaks the 16,000 acres into parishes, farms and other properties, and occupiers - ie tenants - of which there are approaching 100.  Do by all means check with us to see if your ancestor is listed before acquiring this marvellous but rather widespread-interest document.  Manuscript on parchment, size approx 28"x25", multifolded, bears the seal of the Inclosure Commissioners.  (ref 161/22)  £20.00 post-free 
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[Bootle/Bridekirk/Camerton/Distington/Holme Cultram/Moresby/St Bees/Millom/Workington document]   Schedule of Lands under the 1864 Land Improvement Act
An 1884 schedule of lands amounting to 8815 acres, broken down into 28 or so named blocks, including farms, estates etc - the biggest one being the 2716 acre Ennerdale Fell, untenanted at the time.  Quite a useful document for both local and family historians as each block is named, together with details of acreage and occupier.  If you think your ancestor might have been one of the 26 tenants, by all means check with us before you buy.   Manuscript on parchment, size approx 27"x23", multifolded.   Bears the seal of the Land Commissioners for England.  (ref 161/16)  £18.00 post-free  
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Another Copy - slightly later in date and may well be a revised version of the above - although the details of properties, acreages and occupiers are the same.  Also bears the seal of Land Commissioners for England.  Manuscript on parchment, size approx 28"x23", nice and clean though multifolded.  (ref 161/17) £18.00  post-free  Not for export

Another Copy - this one dated 1885 and may well be a revised version of the above - although the details of properties, acreages and occupiers are the same.  Also bears the seal of Land Commissioners for England.  Manuscript on parchment, size approx 27"x23", nice and clean though multifolded.  (ref 161/20) £18.00  post-free  Not for export

Another Copy - dated September 1884.  Details of properties, acreages and occupiers are the same.  Also bears the seal of Land Commissioners for England.  Manuscript on parchment, size approx 28"x23", nice and clean though multifolded.  (ref 161/21) £18.00  post-free  Not for export

[Botcherby document]  Draft of Partnership Deed - The Botcherby Brick and Tile Company
This is the draft of an intended 1878 partnership deed in which John Little of Carlisle, James Pearson of Carlisle and Thomas Mowbray of Botcherby agreed to become partners in a firm called The Botcherby Brick and Tile Company.  Manuscript on 11 large paper sheets with a 12th as the covering sheet.  This 12th sheet (as folded) is very grubby but it has kept the others nice and clean.  NB draft copy only.  (ref 7724)  £12.50 post-free  Not for export

[Botcherby, nr Carlisle]  Mortgage of Leasehold Land next to Botcherby Mill
This 1774 mortgage records that 5 years previous local skinner John Sutton had taken out a 30 year lease on the land with the intention of cutting a new race and building two mills. It isn't shown whether this had happened by at the time of this mortgage. Manuscript on paper, approx 16"x21", signed John Sutton, Ann Messenger. (ref 15/1)  £18.00 post-free   
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[Bowness/Kirkbride/Lazonby/Hesket in the Forest/Penrith document]   Schedule of Lands under the 1864 Land Improvement Act
An 1869 schedule of lands owned by the Rt Hon William Earl of Lonsdale amounting to 7158 acres, four-fifths of which lay in various Westmorland parishes - the rest lay in Cumberland.  Several farms are mentioned by name, as well as other blocks of land - the largest in Cumberland being the 411 acre Rogerscough Farm, Bowness.  In all, some 7 Cumberland farms are listed, together with acreages and name of occupiers, making this document useful to both local and family historians.  If you think your ancestor might have been one of the tenants, by all means check with us before you buy.   Bears the seal of the Inclosure Commissioners.   Manuscript on parchment, size approx 27"x22", multifolded.  NB also listed on our Westmorland page.  (ref 161/18)  £18.00 
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Another 1869 schedule of the same Cumberland properties/tenants/ acreages, though a few months earlier than above.   Manuscript on parchment, size approx 27"x23", multifolded, bears the seal of the Inclosure Commissioners. NB also listed on our Westmorland page.   (ref 161/19)  £18.00  Not for export

[Bromfield]  Property Deeds, Longburn
An incomplete series of deeds ranging in dates from 1740 to 1888 for (description taken from 1793 deed) ‘....freehold messuages and tenements, lands, hereditaments and premises situate lying and being at Longburn in the township precincts or territories of Whayrigg in the parish of Bromfield aforesaid consisting of one messuage or dwelling house, barn, cowhouse & stable and other out-offices and housestead, orchard or garden and parcel of arable land and meadow ground containing by estimation twelve acres or thereabouts....by the name of Rooks Nook and several closes inclosures or parcels of land....commonly called Swaths....Bromfield Rooms......’. 9 parchment deeds in all. The group (ref 43/1)  £55.00 post-free  
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Carlisle Wills of Rev T Machell, Bishops Smith & Nicolson & Joseph Nicolson
R S Ferguson, 1878. 12pp disbound £1.00 post-free within UK

[Carlisle] 3 Contemporary Copies of Entries in Botchardgate Court Rolls
These record 4 successive copyhold tenants within 18 months (May 1821-August 1822). William Richardson Graham surrendered his copyhold to the Earl of Lonsdale, who in turn surrendered it to William Gate, and he surrendered it (as security for a £2000 mortgage) to Jane Sarah Giles. The Lords of the Manor were the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle Cathedral and the only description of the property involved is 'All that parcel of a Garth situate lying and being at Botchardgate...'. Printed forms with manuscript insertions, quite nice condition. (ref 7611)  £18.00 post-free  
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[Carlisle]  Mortgage of House & Tanpits in Damside, Manor of Botchardgate
This is another 1774 mortgage taken out by local skinner John Sutton. This time he is mortgaging his own (copyhold) house and premises. The mortgage is accompanied by a copy of the court roll recording his surrender. 2 items, both on parchment. (ref 15/4)  £18.00 post-free  
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Burrow's Pointer Guide Map of Carlisle
Ed J Burrow & Co, 10th ed, undated but apparently 1969 multifolding map in orange & black printed card cover. Ex-lib copy but the only evidence of this is a circular stamp on the top corner of the front cover. VG. (ref 8118)  £4.50 post-free within UK

[Carlisle]  Draft Abstract of Title to Property in Mill Street
This 1874 draft concerns a small plot of land between the goal and the Caldew.   Copies of plans indicate that there was a 1685 yard long reservoir here in the 1820s   though in the 1840s it seems to have been filled in in preparation for the construction of a gas works.  By the time of this abstract the railways had come and another plan shows much of the area due to be arched over.  Despite being only a draft copy, there's much of interest concerning this little plot of land.  In passing, the draft gives brief details of property deeds going back to1725.   Manuscript on paper, 12pp of which 4 are plans.  (ref 3090)  £12.50 post-free  
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[Carlisle]  Schedule of Deeds to a Plot of Land in Henry Street, Botchergate
This early 1860s schedule list a few deeds ranging in dates from 1856 to 1865.  Manuscript on paper.  (ref 728/4)  £3.00 post-free 
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[Carlisle summons]  Copy of Summons for Non-payment of Tolls
This is an office copy of a summons issued on behalf of Ebenezer and Robert Anderson against John Howe & Co of Colehill for non-payment of tolls for 18 months, the amount owed being £78.  Manuscript on printed form.  (ref 180/9)  £4.50 post-free  
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[Carlisle document]  Sale Particulars
Printed particulars for the 1870 sale of 90 & 92 Lowther Street (tenanted by Jane Clarke and Mrs Winn respectively) together with an acre of land in Blackhall Lane called Balken's Close, otherwise Carlisle Field (tenanted by Frederick Potts), the sale to be held at the Bush Hotel, Carlisle.  Issued with a plan of the field.  (ref 3359)  £15.00 UK post-free

[Castle Sowerby]  Sale Particulars of the How Hill Estate
1874 printed particulars of this 146 acre estate sold at the Bush Hotel, Carlisle.  The particulars contain a large [approx 24"x19"] multifolding plan.  At the time of the sale the tenant farmer was John Roper.  Very nice clean condition.  (ref 827/17)  £12.00 post-free within UK

Historical Castle Sowerby and Mid-Cumberland
R R Sowerby, 1954. 74pp followed by index, 7 plates, 2 folding pedigrees, folding map of Cumberland baronies. Very nice clean copy, easily VG in VG d/w protected by clear plastic wrapper.   (ref 2244)  £20.00

Cockermouth - A Walk Round The Town
J B Bradbury, 1983 4th.  A5 in pink paper covers, 32pp, many drawings.   I've never been to Cockermouth, but found this 4 mile illustrated tour very seductive.  Nice clean copy, though with the former price of 40p in ink on the front cover.  (ref 525/47)  £1.00 post-free within UK

[Croglin & Staffield (and Brougham, Westmorland)  document]  Sale Particulars
Printed particulars for the 1920 sale of 102 acres of pasture, arable and meadow land in Brougham, Westmorland, together with the 63 acre Brookside Farm which straddled the Croglin/Staffield parish boundary in Cumberland.  Nice clean copy  (ref 355/26)  £8.00 UK post-free

A 2nd Copy - as above.  (ref 355/27)  £8.00 UK post-free

A 3rd Copy - as above.  (ref 355/28)  £8.00 UK post-free

[Gamblesby]  Tracing from 1860 Inclosure Award Map
1913 hand-traced map on waxed linen measuring approx 40"x20" of Gamblesby Low Fell and Viol Moor. Not much detail (only plots 35, 54 and 83 are outlined) but an interesting piece of local history. (ref G312/77)  £12.00 post-free within UK

The Ancient Crosses at Gosforth, Cumberland
Charles Arundel Parker, 1896. 85pp, a few drawings. 'This little book contains nothing more than a very imperfect account of the sculpured stones in the churchyard...a clear idea of what is known and supposed concerning these relics...' New eps, boards quite worn, spine stained and well worn at top & tail, nevertheless a G copy of this scarce title. (ref 2747)  £18.50

[Hayton document]  Sale Particulars of Property at Fenton
Printed particulars for the 1881 sale of 'about 72 acres of arable, meadow and pasture land with a farmhouse & outbuildings'.  The particulars are accompanied by a coloured location plan showing a very fragmented estate (tenanted by Joseph Atkinson) with fields scattered between Corry House to the West and Fenton Lane Head to the East.  In the small print are mentioned several members of the Moses family from which it can be inferred that the sale of the property arose from the death of Frances, widow of John Moses.  The outside (as folded) of the document is very grubby and the fore-edge quite worn.  The large coloured plan (approx 28"x20") is in 2 pieces having completely torn along an old fold - there are several other tears, also along old folds.  The plan bears quite a few pencil annotations including an interesting one signed Thos Fisher - who may have been a successful bidder as the document is headed in ink 'Fisher Fenton'.  (ref 288/1)  £16.00 UK post-free

Elizabethan Keswick
W G Collingwood, Cumberland & Westmorland AAS, 1912.  Original grey thick paper covers, 219pp inc 2 indexes, 11 ills as required.  Extracts from the original account books 1564-1577 of the German miners in the archives of Augsburg.   With royal approval, a company was formed to use German expertise to mine for a variety of metals.  As well as German supervisors and workers, many local craftsmen - and many unskilled - were employed in a variety of works.  Nice clean copy with new paper spine.  Scarce in this original edition.  (ref 1416)  £50.00

[Moresby]  A Plan of High Common Gate in Moresby, late Mr Danl Stephenson's, Sep 11 1753
Freehand plan in ink on paper subsequently mounted on thick linen as the map had largely fragmented along old folds - no idea when the mounting was done - it looks 20th century.  Size approx 18"x24", scaled at 30 chains to the inch, shows details of the 14 plots of land, their names and acreages.  Grubby, as might be expected of an evidently well used plan nigh on 250 years old.  (ref 286/1)  £33.00 post-free within UK

[Moresby]  High Common Gate in the parish of Moresby - Delineated by W Mitchell 1832
Neat ink plan on paper with apparently contemporary linen backing.  By this time the estate had grown from 45 acres in 1753 to 91 acres.  Each individual plot on the plan bears the acreage and in many cases the name - also shows owners of adjoining lands.  Size approx 17"x12", scaled at 6 chains to the inch.   (ref 286/2)  £25.00 post-free within UK

Naworth Estate and Household Accounts 1648-1660
C Roy Hudleston, Surtees Society vol 168, 1958.  247pp inc 2 indexes.   Full transcripts of household books kept by Charles Howard (destined to become the 1st Earl of Carlisle) who had recently joined the Parliamentary cause.  The books include receipts and disbursements, and bailiffs' accounts for the Cumberland manors.   It also provides details of rents from properties in Cumberland, Northumberland and Yorkshire, and shows evidence of increasing revenues from the Cumberland estates.   This may be still in print (conflicting web-sites say yes/no) but if not, it used to be £25.  This quite nice copy (ref 1037)  £16.00

[Penruddock documents]  Copyhold Papers
A rare opportunity to acquire a collection of copyhold documents concerning  cottages and lands in Penruddock.  As far as we can tell there are at least three properties involved,  although apart from Studfield they are not named.  The documents show how the respective copyholds were passed down through families - predominantly Hutton and Thompson.  These are contemporary manuscript copies of entries in the Court Rolls of the Manor of Hutton Soil otherwise Hutton John during the period 1819 to 1864 plus a later one (1886).  All bear signatures of the respective Court Steward or Deputy Steward.  21 papers in all.  The collection (ref 5225) £55.00 post-free  
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[Renwick document]  Copy of Enclosure Award
This is a manuscript copy covering 11 large sheets of paper setting out in some detail who got what, the whole award amounting to 2536 acres.  The actual award was made in 1865 - there's no clue as to exactly when this copy was drawn up but we'd say within a very few years if not contemporary.  The 11th sheet encloses the rest when the document is folded and as such has become very worn along folds and there's a small part missing.  NB if ever there was a copy of the map it is long gone - nevertheless these 11 pages are a precious record of momentous events which must have affected more than half the parish.  (ref 139/68)  £30.00 post-free     
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[Rockliffe/Kirklinton document]  Document Issued by the Land Commissioners
A schedule of lands owned by the Mrs Mary Tizah Mounsey-Grant (of Inverness-shire) comprising 342 acres split between the parishes of Rockliffe and Kirklinton.  The schedule was drawn up in 1884 under various Act including the 1864 Land Improvement Act.  It is of  interest to both local and family historians in that it breaks the 342 acres into 6 blocks, of which 3 - comprising 4 farms - have the tenant farmers named (Baxter, Smith and Hetherington).   Manuscript on parchment, size approx 27"x22", multifolded.  (ref 161/12)  £12.00 post-free 
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[Whitehaven document]  Schedule of Deeds - George St and Michael St
This is a 1900 list of 16 deeds spanning the period 1837-1900 relating to 58 (formerly 59) George Street and 20 Michael Street, the property of Robert Ferguson.   The schedule is signed by him.  (ref 139/67)  £8.00 post-free     
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The Registers of Wigton part 2
Cumberland & Westmorland AAS vol 37, 1955. Covers the period 1728-1779 [burials], -1781 [marriages] & -1797 [baptisms]. Usual grey printed paper covers, pp279-484 followed by 91pp index covering both parts 1 & 2. VG. (ref 1121)  £12.00

The Cumbria Parishes 1714-1725 from Bishop Gastell's Notitia with Additions by Bishop Porteous 1778-1779
Edited by L A S Butler, 1998.  4to (a bit shorter than A4), 249pp inc several indexes, frontis ill of Bishop Gastrell, 5 maps inc the 4 deaneries covered by this book broken down into parishes.  Bishop Gastrell was Bishop of Chester 1714-1725, and his Notitia (or notebook) of the diocese is a mine of information about parishes, townships, schools and charities.  The sections of his notitia relating to Cheshire, Flintshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire were published piecemeal during the period 1845-1990 - this vol contains his notes relating to Cumberland and Westmorland, together with additional notes made by Bishop Porteous during his visitation of 1778-9.  The total detail for each individual parish amounts to little more than a page or two, but the book as a whole is a good resource of 18th century detail.  New copy in F d/w.  NOTE - book weighs approaching 1kg and the price includes a postal charge of £3.00 rather than the usual £1.50 (ref 6323)  £23.00 post-free within UK

Fly Poster: East Cumberland Election 1880
Approx 12"x9" poster announcing the poll will be taken on 5th April. The blank reverse side has been used as a draft for a solicitor's bill of 1886. Old folds, several pin holes in top corner, a couple of nicks. (ref 6937)  £4.50 post-free within UK

Armitt Library Journal 1/1998
The Armitt Trust, Ambleside, 1998.  118pp, several ills.  The inaugural volume in a series of academic journals publishing articles on all aspects of the Lake District - geography, history, culture and ecology.  This vol contains chapters on Canon Rawnsley and the English Lake District [17pp]; Wordworth's Guide to the Lakes and the Geographical Tradition [20pp]; Arts, Crafts and Heritage in Victorian Lakeland [26pp]; Sawrey Gilpin RA - Rival of Stubbs [22pp]; Wordworth's 'Pure Commonwealth' - Yeoman Dynasties in the English Lake District c1450-1750 [28pp].   Mint.  (ref 104/24)  £8.00