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A Short History of Lowther and
the Lowther Family
Anon, nd but 1950s. Large (approx 7"x10") booklet of 7pp of text
accompanied by 5 photos + 5 other plate-ills. (ref 6562) £4.00 post-free
within UK
[Appleby/Askham/Barton/Cliburn/Clifton/Crosby
Ravensworth/Morland/Kendal/Kirby Lonsdale/Lowther/Morland/Shap document] Schedule
of Lands under the 1864 Land Improvement Act
An 1868 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 being the 1229 acre Greyrigg Demesne & Forest. In all,
some 19 Westmorland properties are listed, together with acreages and name of occupiers,
making this document particularly 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. Manuscript on parchment, size approx 15"x25",
multifolded. NB this is also listed on our Cumberland page. (ref 161/15)
£18.00 post-free Not
for export
A later (1869) schedule for the same Westmorland parishes/properties/tenants. Bears the seal of the Inclosure Commissioners. Manuscript on parchment, size approx 27"x22", multifolded. NB also listed on our Cumberland page. (ref 161/18) £18.00
post-free Not for exportAnother 1869 schedule of the same Westmorland 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 Cumberland page. (ref 161/19) £18.00 post-free Not for export
[Brougham document] Scheduling of
Brougham Mansion & Land by the Board of Agriculture
Official copy of an 1891 Order concerning the mansion and 5 acres of land,
owned & occupied by Lord Brougham and Vaux. Manuscript on large parchment sheet,
multifolded, bears the orange embossed seal of the Board of Agriculture. (ref
131/16) £15.00 post-free Not for export
[Grasmere] The Official Catalogue of the
Contents of Dove Cottage and of the Wordsworth Museum
1947, 45pp, 2 ills. Overlapping buff printed card covers, somewhat
waterstained but in nice condition. (ref 6546) £2.50 post-free within UK
The Registers of Kendal part 1
Cumberland & Westmorland Parish Register Society vol 7, 1921. Covers the
period 1558-1587 [baptisms only]. Usual green printed paper covers, 99pp, unindexed.
Unopened copy, contents nice and clean, a small tear at the top of the front cover but
still VG. (ref 4690) £15.00 post-free within UK
The Registers of Kendal part 3
Cumberland & Westmorland AAS vol 36, 1952. Covers the period 1596-1599
& 1607-1631 [baptisms], 1591-1599 [marriages & burials]. Usual grey printed paper
covers, 217pp, unindexed. VG. (ref 2598) £12.00
Another Copy
And a decent one. (ref 7997) £12.00
The Registers of Kendal part 4
Cumberland & Westmorland AAS vol 39, 1960. Covers the period 1606-1631
[marriages & burials only]. Usual grey printed paper covers, pp219-386, unindexed. VG.
(ref 2607) £12.00
The Registers of Kendal - index to parts 3
& 4
Cumberland & Westmorland AAS, nd but 1960s? Covers the period 1591-1599
& 1606-1631. Blue printed paper covers, 136pp. VG. (ref 2362) £8.00
[Kirkby Lonsdale and Whalley (Lancs) document]
Scheduling of the Barbon Manor Estate under the 1864 Land Improvement Act
An 1892 schedule of lands owned by the Rt Hon Sir Ughtred James Kay
Shuttleworth, Bt, MP, amounting to 2590 acres, of which about two-thirds lay in the parish
of Whalley, Lancashire. The Westmorland third comprised the Barbon Manor Estate in
the parish of Kirkby Lonsdale. This is broken down into two parts, Sir Ughtred
occupying the Mansion House etc and Fell House Farm tenanted by Mrs James Maudsley.
Manuscript on parchment, size approx 25"x19", multifolded. NB this is also
listed on our Lancashire page. (ref 161/14) £18.00 post-free Not for export
[Kirkby Lonsdale/Tarleton/Kendal & parishes
in N Yorks & Lancs] Scheduling of The Earl of Bective's Estates by the
Inclosure Commissioners
Official copy of an 1875 Order concerning 18,792 acres spread across 3
counties but predominantly Westmorland. The Westmorland estates are under the
headings Underley, Barlow, Lupton, Bendrigg, Hill Top, Kendal, Gill, Selside and Dent.
Within these headings the estates are broken down into various names (presumably
farms) and the column headed 'occupier' is chock full of names of the (presumably) tenant
farmers. An important item for both the local and family historian. Manuscript
on large (approx 22"x26") parchment sheet, multifolded, bears the embossed seal
of the Inclosure Commissioners. (ref 131/15) £25.00 post-free Not for export
Kirkby Stephen and District
R R Sowerby, 1948. 48pp, 31 photo-plates, folding map. A concise history with
chapters on dialect, natural history and botany. Probably the best copy I've seen, F in G
[spine marked by removal of sticky label] d/w. (ref 2233) £25.00
[Mallerstang] Sale Particulars of the
Aisgill Estate
This 129 acre estate came up for sale at the Black Bull in Kirkby Stephen in
1876. These printed particulars contain a breakdown showing field names and sizes,
the principal tenant being Adam Mason. Accompanying the particulars is a large
(approx 20"x28") multifolding map, handcoloured in outline. The map is
clean but has some minor tears where folds cross. The printed particulars are very
worn around the edges and parts of the margins are missing. (ref 5118) £20.00
post-free within UK
A Short History of the Manor and Parish of
Witherslack to 1850
G P Jones, 1971. 84pp, 9 chapters on Medieval; Early Modern; The Tenantry;
Population; Religious; The Barwick Trust; Administration; Enclosure; 1850. Printed thick
paper covers, VG. (ref 2627) £6.00
Specimens of the Dialects of Westmorland
Either 1897 (as shown on front cover) or 1887 (as shown on title-page), this
52pp booklet is identified as 'Part First' (of 3 parts) and contains stories by Rev Thomas
Clarke, William Bowness and Robert Southey. Spine torn, paper covers foxed but VG
and unusual in this condition. (ref 6556) £10.00 post-free within UK
The Westmorland Protestation Returns 1641/2
Ed & intro by M A Faraday, 1971. 86pp inc index of names, printed paper
covers. The next best thing to a census of adult males. Only about half the County's
returns have survived. VG. (ref 4121) £8.50
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
£2.00 (ref 6323) £23.00 inc postage within UK
Papers and Pedigrees Mainly Relating to
Cumberland and Westmorland vol II
William Jackson, Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and
Archaeological Society, 1892. 369pp inc index, 11 ills as required. Very nice
copy with clean contents and relatively little wear to boards, largely unopened, VG.
(ref 3163) £45.00
Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland
Daniel Scott, 1899. 262pp inc index, 8 plates. With
chapter headings such as 'Fighting Bishops and Fortified Churches', 'Old Time
Punishments', 'Some Legends and Superstitions', 'Old-Time Home Life', and 'Old School
Customs', there's plenty of background material for everyone here. Usual blue
boards, teg, contents nice and clean though somewhat loose as both inner hinges are
cracked. Depending on condition (or bookseller) you might have to pay anything from
£25 to £45 for a comparable copy, our copy (ref 1041) £20.00
Old Lakeland
J D Marshall, 1971. 219pp inc index, 29 photos, 8 other ills, 14
maps & diagrams. Vivid close-ups of 12 aspects of the life, work & history
of Lakeland people, including such topics as drovers, fares & routes, bobbin makers.
There's also a chapter devoted to Troutbeck. The 15pp of notes &
bibliography will be particularly useful for those wishing to do further research.
An unusually nice clean copy, VG in VG d/w. (ref 7131) £15.00
Some Westmorland Wills
John Somervell, 1928. 119pp inc index, 9 full-page photo-plate
ills as required. Transcripts of c80 late 17th and early 18th century Quaker wills.
Top corner bumped, spine slightly sunned, but still a VG copy. Elsewhere on
the internet are copies on offer at anything up to £120, this copy (ref 1296) £65.00
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 104/23) £8.00