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| Borrowdale Head, Fawcett Forest | ||
| Borrowdale Head | ||
| locality:- | Borrowdale | |
| civil parish:- | Fawcett Forest (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY54390414 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5404 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY50 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 28 9) placename:- Borrowdale Head |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Borrowdale Head Farm |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "BORROWDALE HEAD FARMHOUSE AND ATTACHED BARN / / / FAWCETT FOREST / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75631 / NY5438804116" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "OUTBUILDING TO SOUTH- WEST OF BORROWDALE HEAD FARMHOUSE / / / FAWCETT FOREST / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75632 / NY5440704120" |
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| hearsay:- |
One of the buildings is a salving house. In autumn sheep were salved with a mixture
of tar and butter against scab; 17 lbs of tar to 1 gallon of butter. The wool had
to be pulled back and the salve aplied to the skin. |
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| hearsay:- |
The farmhouse and bank barn date from the 17th century, with later additions. |
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