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Kirkandrews Tower, Kirkandrews
Kirkandrews Tower
Kirkandrews on Esk Tower
civil parish:-   Kirkandrews (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY38877190
1Km square:-   NY3871
10Km square:-   NY37


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BMQ42.jpg (taken 15.9.2006)  
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CGT15.jpg (taken 20.10.2017)  

evidence:-   old map:- Burghley 1590 (facsimile) 
placename:-  Kyrkander
source data:-   Facsimile map, A Platt of the Opposete Border of Scotland to ye West Marches of England, parts of Cumberland and Scotland including the Debateable Land, from a manuscript drawn for William Cecil, Lord Burghley, about 1590, published by R B Armstrong, 1897.
courtesy of the National Library of Scotland
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"Kyrka~der"
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item:-  National Library of Scotland : MS6113 f.267
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   probably descriptive text:- Simpson 1746
placename:-  Kirkanders
source data:-   Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.
image SMP4P197, button  goto source
"... Kirkanders, upon the Eske, the late Lord Preston's. ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Kirkandrews
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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"Kirkandrews"
house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) 
source data:-   Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
image CAM2P195, button  goto source
Page 195:-  "..."
"... The antient border house at Kirk Andrews, opposite to Netherby, is a square tower of three stones, the windows small, the door of iron: the cattle lodged below, the owners above."

evidence:-   site plan:- Curwen 1913
placename:-  Kirkandrews Tower
source data:-   Site plan, lithograph, Kirkandrews on Esk, Kirkandrews Tower, Kirkandrews, Cumberland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1913.
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On p.380 of The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, by John F Curwen. 
printed at centre:-  "Kirkandrews-on-Esk:"
item:-  Armitt Library : A782.78
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Kirkandrews Tower
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"KIRKANDREWS TOWER / / / KIRKANDREWS / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 78154 / NY3891471928"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
item:-  date stone (1827)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"SCREEN WALLS ADJOINING KIRKANDREWS TOWER / / / KIRKANDREWS / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78155 / NY3890271918"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"FARMHOUSE AND BARN ADJOINING WALL TO WEST OF KIRKANDREWS TOWER / / / KIRKANDREWS / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78156 / NY3886271898"

evidence:-   possibly (misplaced) old print:- Rose 1832-35
source data:-   Print, engraving, Netherby, Cumberland, by Thomas Allom, engraved by J C Bentley, 1833.
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"Netherby, Cumberland"
item:-  JandMN : 96.12
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hearsay:-  
16th century pele. Closed to visits.

notes:-  
tower

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan and elevation

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