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| Brownber, Ravenstonedale | ||||
| Brownber | ||||
| civil parish:- | Ravenstonedale (formerly Westmorland) | |||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| locality type:- | locality | |||
| locality type:- | buildings | |||
| coordinates:- | NY70480569 (etc) | |||
| 1Km square:- | NY7005 | |||
| 10Km square:- | NY70 | |||
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 BSP15.jpg Smit mark, Swaledale sheep. (taken 30.4.2010)  BSP16.jpg Smit mark, Swaledale sheep. (taken 30.4.2010) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 29 8) placename:- Brownber |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) placename:- Brownber |
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| source data:- | Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1
mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas
Jefferys, London, 1770. J5NY60NE.jpg "Brownber" circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) placename:- Browber |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles
to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805. CY24NY60.jpg "Browber" block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet item:- JandMN : 129 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag placename:- Brounber |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto sourceGentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.513 From the Compendium of County History:- "Fothergill, Thomas, benefactor to his native parish, Brounber in Ravenstonedale." |
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 BSP22.jpg Brownber House. (taken 30.4.2010) |
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| hearsay:- |
Mrs Gaunt was a daughter of Anthony Fothergill of Brownber. She was a protestant,
and during the Monmouth Rebellion she sheltered one of the rebels. The rebel informed
on her; she was tried by Judge Jeffries, condemned to death and burnt at the stake
at Tyburn, London, 1685. |
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| Stained glass in the church at Ravenstonedale remembers her. |
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 BSP39.jpg (taken 30.4.2010) |
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