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Thackthwaite, Matterdale
Thackthwaite
civil parish:-   Matterdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY42302550 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY4225
10Km square:-   NY42

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 58 13) 
placename:-  Thackthwaite
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:-  Thakthwate
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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Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus.  "Thakthwate"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Thakthwate
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"Thakthwate"
circle, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Thakthwate
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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"Thakthwate"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Thakthwate
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.
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"Thakthwate"
Circle. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Thakthwate
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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"Thakthwate"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Thackthwaite
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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"Thackthwaite"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Thackthwaite
item:-  land tenure
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
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Page 29:-  "Several years after, Ralf de Graystock, lord of the manor of Gowbarrow, exchanged with them [tenants of Aira, Matterdale] for certain lands in the manor of Thackthwaite; these they divided in the same manner as the others, and consequently each had one field called Croft, another called Ings, &c. These in process of time were laid together into common fields, and are the only common land in this manor. These lands likewise differ from the adjacent land, by paying a greater lord's rent, and their freedom from certain customs which the others perform. These are, the tenants of the rest of the barony of Graystock are bound to repair the mill-race and mill; and, in case it be required, to rebuild the mill at their own expence, the mill-stones excepted: the inhabitants of Thackthwaite are exempted from all this, except the repairing of the mill-race, which they are to do upon being required by the miller, and for which they are to receive a pot of ale, and a pennyworth of tobacco. ..."

places:-  
NY14852367 Brook Farm (Loweswater)
NY42342550 Kiln Croft (Matterdale)
NY14092375 quarry, Loweswater (Loweswater)
NY14832368 Rose Cottage (Loweswater) L
NY14702324 Thackthwaite Wood (Loweswater)
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