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Bothel
Baw'l
civil parish:-   Bothel and Threapland (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY18163887 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY1838
10Km square:-   NY13

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 36 14) 
placename:-  Bothel
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.

evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Bodell
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus.  "Bodell"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Bodell
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"Bodell"
circle, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Bodel
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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"Bodel"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) 
placename:-  Bodel
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In mile 21, Cumberland.  "Bodel"
houses each side of the road. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Bodell
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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"Bodell"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Bothell
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.
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"Bothell"
Circle. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 261) 
placename:-  Bowland
source data:-   Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, pl.261, the end of the road from Kendal to Cockermouth and the road from Egremont to Carlisle, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.
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At mile 21 from Egremont. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : Lowther.36
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evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  Bodel
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Cumberland North from London, scale about 11 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
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"Bodel"
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality 
item:-  JandMN : 115
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Bothell
placename:-  Bowland
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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"Bothell als Bowland"
blocks, on road 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Bothel
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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"Bothel"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Bothall
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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"Bothall"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 86
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Bothel
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
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item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Bothell
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Sidney Hall, published by S Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.
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"Bothell"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 91
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
item:-  geology
source data:-   Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.
image OT01P161, button  goto source
Page 161:-  "A superincumbent bed of limestone, by some called the mountain, by others the upper transition limestone, mantles round these mountains, in a position unconformable to the strata of the slaty and other rocks upon which it reposes. It bassets out near ... Papcastle, Bothel, Ireby, ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Bothel
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"Bothel"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Bothel
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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"Bothel"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old itinerary:- Johnson 1908 (Roads/Cum) 
placename:-  Bothel
source data:-   Itinerary, Route 42 in Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, Kendal to Carlisle, through The Lakes, by Claude Johnson, edited by Lord Montagu, published by The Car Illustrated, 168 Piccadilly, London, 1908.
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item:-  private collection : 268.12
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evidence:-   old map:- Burrow 1920s
source data:-   Road book, On the Road, Dunlop Pictorial Road Plans, volume V, strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, irregular scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.
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item:-  private collection : 17
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photograph
BSL18.jpg  Fence post driver, in a farm yard.
(taken 4.4.2010)  

hearsay:-  
In the medieval period the villagers were required to perform a service of seawake, or sea watch. They had to light a beacon fire which could be seen for miles around, and across the Solway Firth.
In the 17th century there used to be a regular horse race, from Craggs to Moota Hill. The end of the course was very steep, horses had to walk it.
Not far from the village is the Jockey Stone, believed to be a glacial erratic.

places:-  
NY18033868 advertisement, Bothel (Bothel and Threapland)
NY18243832 Billy Bridge (Bothel and Threapland)
NY18243919 Bothel Hall (Bothel and Threapland) L
NY17603905 Bothel Quarry (Bothel and Threaplan)
NY18103910 Bothel Village Hall (Bothel and Threapland)
NY18013870 Brisco House (Bothel and Threapland) L
NY18113874 Broad Well (Bothel and Threapland)
NY18063875 Bryn Awel (Bothel and Threapland)
NY18433920 Carling Stone (Bothel and Threapland)
NY18173896 chapel, Bothel (Bothel and Threapland)
NY18223884 chapel, Bothel (2) (Bothel and Threapland) gone?
NY18183920 fingerpost, Bothel (Bothel and Threapland)
NY18113908 fingerpost, Bothel (2) (Bothel and Threapland)
NY18143892 Gate House (Bothel and Threapland)
NY18303945 Gillands Quarry (Bothel and Threapland)
NY18143892 High Barn House (Bothel and Threapland)
NY17973869 High House (Bothel and Threapland) L
NY18303899 house, Bothel (Bothel and Threapland)
NY18233891 house, Bothel (2) (Bothel and Threapland)
NY18353925 Limekiln Bridge (Bothel and Threapland)
NY17343913 limekiln, Bothel (Bothel and Threapland)
NY17313874 limekiln, Bothel (6) (Bothel and Threapland)
NY17743856 limekiln, Bothel (7) (Bothel and Threapland)
NY18323928 limekiln, Bothel (8) (Bothel and Threapland)
NY182388 moat, Bothel (Bothel and Threapland) possibly
NY18373898 Old School, The (Bothel and Threapland)
NY18063862 pinfold, Bothel (Bothel and Threapland) gone
NY18173885 post box, Bothel (Bothel and Threapland)
NY18163885 post office, Bothel (Bothel and Threapland)
NY17863923 Quarry House (Bothel and Threapland)
NY18243830 sheepfold, Bothel (Bothel and Threapland)
NY17983873 Skiddaw View (Bothel and Threapland) L
NY18033861 Swan House (Bothel and Threapland) L
NY1838 Jockey Stone, The (Bothel and Threapland)
NY18153902 milestone, Bothel and Threapland (2) (Bothel and Threapland) L
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