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Melkinthorpe, Lowther
Melkinthorpe
civil parish:-   Lowther (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY55562522 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY5525
10Km square:-   NY52


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CDP62.jpg (taken 24.7.2015)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 8 5) 
placename:-  Melkinthorpe
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:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Mylkinthorp
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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Tower, symbol for a house, hall, tower, etc.  "Mylkinthorp"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Milkinthrop
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"Milkinthrop"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Milkinthrop
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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"Milkinthrop"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Melkinthorpe
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Melkinthorpe"

evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1670
placename:-  Milkinthropp
source data:-   Records, hearth tax returns, exchequer duplicates, Westmorland, 1670.
"Milkinthropp"

evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Milkinthorp
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.
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"Milkinthorp"
Circle. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Milkinthorp
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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"Milkinthorp"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Milkenthorp
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.
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"Milkenthorp"
blocks, labelled in upright lowercase text; settlement; town? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Milkenthorpe
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Milkenthorpe"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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places:-  
NY55622512 Clematis Cottage (Lowther) L
NY55592524 Fossils (Lowther) L
NY55692511 Leith Beck Farm (Lowther)
NY55642516 Lilac House (Lowther) L
NY55582498 Melkinthorpe Hall (Great Strickland) gone
NY55472590 Melkinthorpe Moor (Clifton)
NY55562524 Midtown (Lowther)
NY55632516 post box, Melkinthorpe (Lowther)
NY55642515 Red Barn Gallery (Lowther)
NY55602520 Rose Cottage (Lowther) L
NY55622512 Sycamore Cottage (Lowther) L
NY55412518 Watergates Lane (Lowther)
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