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Broadness, Bassenthwaite
Broadness
Broadness Farm
civil parish:-   Bassenthwaite (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   promontory
coordinates:-   NY22252971
1Km square:-   NY2229
10Km square:-   NY22
evidence:-   possibly old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) 
placename:-  Basinthwait
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 35, Cumberland.  "Part of Basinthwait"
houses between the road and the lake on the left of the road. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Braidness
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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"Braidness"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Bas) 
placename:-  Bradness
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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"Bradness / Joshua Lucock Esqr."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.4
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evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Bradness
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Bassenthwaite Lake) 
placename:-  Broadness
source data:-   Map, A Map of Broadwater and its Environs, ie Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"Broadness / R. LUCOCK Esqr."
item:-  private collection : 10.8
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Bradness
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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"Bradness"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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