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Brow Top, Keswick
Brow Top
Street:-   Ambleside Road
locality:-   Keswick
civil parish:-   Keswick (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY27332305 (estimate) 
1Km square:-   NY2723
10Km square:-   NY22
references:-   OS County Series

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 6) 
placename:-  Browtop
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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Brow Top
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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"Brow Top"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Der) 
placename:-  Brow Top
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, ie Derwent Water, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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"Brow Top / Mr. Dawson's / Mr. Sewel's"
Two houses are shown. 
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.3
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Der) 
placename:-  Brow Top
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of Derwentwater and its Environs, scale about 13 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"BROW TOP"
buildings 
item:-  private collection : 169
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   probably old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ambleside to Keswick) 
placename:-  Brow Top
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Roads Lakes etc between Keswick and Ambleside, scale about 2.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"Brow Top"
item:-  private collection : 10.9
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old print:- Farington 1816 (plate 17) 
placename:-  Brough Top
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Derwentwater from Brough Top, Cumberland, drawn by Joseph Farington, engraved by F R Hay, published by T Cadell and W Davies, Strand, London, 1815.
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Plate 17 in The Lakes of Lancashire, Westmorland, and Cumberland. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "Drawn by J. Farington. / Engraved by F. R. Hay. / Derwentwater from Brough-top. / London, Published Septr. 15, 1815, by T. Cadell &W. Davies, Strand."
item:-  private collection : 114
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