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Brackenhill Tower, Arthuret
Brackenhill Tower
locality:-   Brackenhill
civil parish:-   Arthuret (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   tower
coordinates:-   NY44586948
1Km square:-   NY4469
10Km square:-   NY46
evidence:-   probably old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Brakenhill
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.  "Brakenhill"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Burghley 1590 (facsimile) 
placename:-  Brackenhill
source data:-   Facsimile map, A Platt of the Opposete Border of Scotland to ye West Marches of England, parts of Cumberland and Scotland including the Debateable Land, from a manuscript drawn for William Cecil, Lord Burghley, about 1590, published by R B Armstrong, 1897.
courtesy of the National Library of Scotland
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"bracke~hill"
symbol not clear 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : MS6113 f.267
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   probably old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Brakenhill
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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"Brakenhill"
circle, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Brakenhill
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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"Brakenhill"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 62) 
placename:-  Brackneth
placename:-  Brakenhill
source data:-   Raod strip map, uncoloured engraving, the Road from Carlisle to Barwick, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In mile 9, Cumberland.  "Brackneth al~s Brakenhill"
houses on the right of the road and a church beyond. 
item:-  JandMN : 83
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Braken Hill
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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"Braken Hill"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 161) 
placename:-  Bracknelh
placename:-  Brakenhill
source data:-   Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, pl.161, part of The Road from Carlisle to Barwick, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections in Cumberland, and Scotland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.
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"Bracknelh als Brakenhill"
Buildings east side of road, and church a little way off; mile 9½. 
item:-  JandMN : 65.161
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Millward and Dickinson 1737
placename:-  Braken Hill
source data:-   Road map, photocopy, diagram, A New and Correct Map of Roads of England, probably published by T Millward and B Dickinson, Inigo Jones's Head, Fleet Street, London, 1737.
"Braken Hill"
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item:-  private collection : 264
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evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  Brakenhill
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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"Brakenhill"
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality 
item:-  JandMN : 115
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evidence:-   presumably old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Bracken Hill
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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"Bracken Hill"
circle and line; also blocks, on road 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Brackenhill
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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"Brackenhill"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   probably old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Breckonhill
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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"Breckonhill"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Brackenhill Tower
item:-  date stone (1717)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BRACKENHILL TOWER / / / ARTHURET / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 78085 / NY4458169480"
notes:-  
 tower and hall

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan and illustration
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