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Barkbooth, Crosthwaite and Lyth
Barkbooth
civil parish:-   Crosthwaite and Lyth (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD41329060
1Km square:-   SD4190
10Km square:-   SD49

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 37 12) 
placename:-  Barkbore
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.

hearsay:-  
Referred to as Dick's Observatory by Arthur Ransome.

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