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Cornhow, Buttermere
Cornhow
locality:-   Brackenthwaite
civil parish:-   Buttermere (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY15082228
1Km square:-   NY1522
10Km square:-   NY12

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 63 9) 
placename:-  Corn How
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:-  Cornhow
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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"Cornhow"
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 (But/Cru/Low) 
placename:-  Corn How
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater Lakes, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1794, version published 1800.
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"Corn how"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Cornhow
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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FD02NY12.jpg
"Cornhow"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page


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CCU40.jpg  Gate piers,
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CCU41.jpg  Gate piers,
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CCU42.jpg  Roller, Stalker Bros, Castlegate, Penrith.
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CCU44.jpg  Roller, Stalker Bros, Castlegate, Penrith.
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