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Braithwaite, Above Derwent
Braithwaite
civil parish:-   Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY23122364 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY2323
10Km square:-   NY22


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BZO11.jpg (taken 24.10.2013)  
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BVP68.jpg (taken 5.11.2011)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 5) 
placename:-  Braithwaite
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:-  Brathwate
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.  "Brathwate"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Brathwat
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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"Brathwat"
circle, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Brathwat
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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"Brathwat"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Bratwat
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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"Bratwat"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Brathwate
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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"Brathwate"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Brathwate
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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"Brathwate"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Braithwaite
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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"Braithwaite"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Great Braithwaite
item:-  charityfruit
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
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Page 91:-  "..."
"We next come to Great Brathwaite, a pretty village. This place and Thornthwaite are remarkable for producing the best fruit in Cumberland. A stranger would here imagine himself at his journey's end; the road winds in between two mountains in such a manner that no one can perceive its course."
"The tenants here are all customary, one only excepted. Formerly the poor in these northern parts were extremely distressed; on this account many charities have been given them, by people born in the neighbourhood who had acquired large fortunes. There is not a town or village but what has had two or three donations, (a thing I before forgot to take notice of, and which does credit to the natives) from those who in"
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Page 92:-  "their affluence did not forget their distressed neighbours, who were so frequently plundered of everything they had."
"One Peter Uldale, born at this place, left 4l. 11s. 4d. to be distributed as follows; 3s. and 8d. each, to twelve poor people of Great Brathwaite, five of Little Brathwaite, Portingsgill, and Ullock, and three of Thornthwaite; to be distributed every year on Candlemas day, and to paid out of certain of his lands in Essex. This was not very well paid by Mr Uldale's representatives; whereupon Mr Lowry, Vicar of Crossthwaite, in 1681 brought an action against them, and recovered about thirty pounds Sterling; the interest of which is distributed by the Vicar and Trustees on the same day. Such charities as these now-a-days only relieve the parish at large. Pity such should be enjoyed by the rich! they were meant for the poor. Charities are not now so valuable as they were formerly, since the Legislature has made such excellent laws for their maintenance."

evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Braithwaite
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 317-318  "Braithwaite"
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Brathwaite
source data:-   Map, Cumberland, scale about 15.5 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, bound in Gray's New Book of Roads, 1824, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
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"Brathwaite"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
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evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Braithwaite
source data:-   Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.
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"Braithwaite 296½"
village or other place; distance from London 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Braithwaite
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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"Braithwaite"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 86
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evidence:-   old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Brathwate
source data:-   Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Stree, Soho, London, 1810.
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"Brathwate"
village, hamlet, house, ... 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10
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evidence:-   old print:- Wilkinson 1810 (plate 25) 
placename:-  Braithwaite
item:-  sheep
source data:-   Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Cottages at Braithwaite, Cumberland, by Joseph Wilkinson, engraved by William Frederick Wells, published by R Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London, 1810.
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Plate 25 in Select Views in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "The Revd. Jos: Wilkinson delt. / W. F. Wells Sculpt. / Cottages at Braithwaite. / Publish'd Jany. 1. 1810. by R. Ackerman. 101. Strand. London."
item:-  Fell and Rock Climbing Club : MN4.25
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evidence:-   old print:- Wilkinson 1810 (plate 26) 
placename:-  Braithwaite
source data:-   Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Cottages at Braithwaite, Cumberland, by Joseph Wilkinson, engraved by William Frederick Wells, published by R Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London, 1810.
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Plate 26 in Select Views in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "The Revd. J. Wilkenson delt. / W. F. Wells Sculpt. / Cottages at Braithwaite. / London. Pubd. April 1. 1810. by R. Ackermann. 101. Strand."
item:-  Fell and Rock Climbing Club : MN4.26
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Braithwaite
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:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Braithwaite
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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"Braithwaite"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Miller 1847
placename:-  Braithwaite
item:-  stormrainwindwhirlwind
source data:-   Book, Report on the Fall of Rain in the Lake Districts of Cumberland and Westmoreland in 1846, by John Fletcher Miller, printed by G Irwin, Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1847.
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Page 7:-  "..."
"A correspondent of the Whitehaven Herald states, "On Friday (the 9th of October last) the rain poured down in torrents, with a high wind, which, towards evening increased to a complete hurricane. At the village of Braithwaite, near Keswick, the blast came down the side of Grisedale, resembling a whirlwind, and swept through the village. A heavy cart, standing near to Messrs. Simms' manufactory, was lifted by the wind, and after being"
Miller 1847
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Page 8:-  "whirled about, was finally set down at a distance of 20 yards.""

 Martineau Directory 1855

evidence:-   old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) 
placename:-  Braithwaite
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District Mining Field, Westmorland, Cumberland, Lancashire, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Postlethwaite, published by W H Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913.
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"BRAITHWAITE"
dots, roads, nearby station on railway 
item:-  JandMN : 162.2
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evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Braithwaite
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Braithwaite"
map date 1909 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Braithwaite
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Braithwaite"
map date 1892 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Braithwaite
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Braithwaite"
map date 1890 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Braithwaite
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Braithwaite"
map date 1873 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums


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BNP48.jpg  Bicycle shop?
(taken 26.4.2007)  
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BNP49.jpg  CTC recommendation sign on the bicycle shop.
(taken 26.4.2007)  
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BOR96.jpg (taken 13.2.2008)  


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BVP69.jpg  Needlework map, in St Herbert's Church.
(taken 5.11.2011)  

hearsay:-  
You can look up from Low Bridge to streets called Duck Street, The Puddle, and The Island.
There were pencil mills here.
Candlemas Tea is served to widows in the village at the Royal Oak, after attending a church service. The tea is paid for by income from a plot of land. The custom dates from the Civil War period, 17th century. The tea is a replacement for the beer of the original custom.
Miners lived her: there used to be the rattle of clogs leaving for the mines early in the mornings and coming back late in the evenings.

places:-  
NY22472432 Braithwaite Brow (Above Derwent)
NY22932392 Braithwaite How (Above Derwent)
NY23292319 Braithwaite Lodge (Above Derwent)
NY22942361 Braithwaite Methodist Chapel (Above Derwent)
NY23482415 Braithwaite Station (Above Derwent)
NY231236 Bob Bright painter and decorator (Above Derwent)
NY23142355 General Store, The (Above Derwent)
NY22972351 Coledale Hotel (Above Derwent)
NY23082364 Crown Inn (Above Derwent) gone?
NY23122367 drain, Braithwaite (Above Derwent)
NY23032362 fingerpost, Braithwaite (Above Derwent)
NY23142356 fingerpost, Braithwaite (2) (Above Derwent)
NY23102367 hydrant plate, Braithwaite (Above Derwent)
NY23742305 Little Braithwaite Farm (Above Derwent) L
NY23752303 Little Braithwaite (Above Derwent)
NY23142358 Low Bridge (Above Derwent)
NY22932325 Low Coledale (Above Derwent)
 Braithwaite Meeting House () possibly once
NY23002357 mill, Braithwaite (Above Derwent)
NY22872354 Millbecks (Above Derwent)
NY23152356 Old Farm House, The (Above Derwent)
NY23742302 Old Manor House (Above Derwent) L
NY23082362 Peter House (Above Derwent) L
NY23022350 pinfold, Braithwaite (Above Derwent) gone
NY23302368 police house, Braithwaite (Above Derwent)
NY23092365 Royal Oak (Above Derwent)
NY23172368 school, Braithwaite (Above Derwent) gone
NY23232371 school, Braithwaite (2) (Above Derwent)
NY22802361 seat, Braithwaite (Above Derwent)
NY23062435 Spring Bank (Above Derwent)
NY23202371 St Herbert's Church (Above Derwent)
NY22472432 Braithwaite Brow (Above Derwent)
NY23312406 Braithwaite Village Hall (Above Derwent)
NY24072369 Braithwaite Bridges (Above Derwent)
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