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Crosthwaite's Museum, Keswick, Cumbria, NY265235 -- Plaque, under a sculpture on Main Street:-
"THIS BUILDING WAS FORMERLY A CARRIERS WAREHOUSE AND LATER A MUSEUM OF LOCAL ANTIQUITIES AND NATURAL HISTORY - 1780-1870. WAS FOUNDED BY PETER CROSTHWAITE 1735-1808 A NATIVE OF THIS TOWN A NAVAL COMMANDER IN THE EAST INDIA SERVICE AND A MAN OF CONSIDERABLE INGENUITY ..." (photo 17.9.2006)