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Thirlwall Castle, Northumberland
Thirlwall Castle
locality:-   Thirlwall
county:-   Northumberland
locality type:-   castle
coordinates:-   NY659661
1Km square:-   NY6566
10Km square:-   NY66


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BWQ61.jpg (taken 1.6.2012)  

evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Thirlewall Castle
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 with two towers, symbol for a castle.  "Thirlewall cast:"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Thirlewall Castle
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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"Thirlewall cast"
circle, building, tower; Northumberland 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   table of distances:- Simons 1635
placename:-  Therlewall Castle
source data:-   Table of distances, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, with a thumbnail map, scale about 41 miles to 1 inch, by Mathew Simons, published in A Direction for the English Traviller, 1635.
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"Therlewall Ca. N.E."
and tabulated distances 
item:-  private collection : 50.11
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Thirlewall Castle
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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"Thirlewall Cast."
Buildings and tower with flag. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 86) 
placename:-  Thirwal Castle
source data:-   Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, the Road from Tinmouth ... to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In mile 50, Northumberland.  "Thirwal Cast:"
great house on the right of the road. 
item:-  JandMN : 73
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Thirlewall Castle
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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"Thirlewall Castle"
Circle, building with two towers. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old print:- Rose 1832-35 (vol.2 no.57) 
source data:-   Print, engraving, Thirlwall Castle, Cumberland, by Thomas Allom, engraved by S Lacey, 1833.
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Vol.2 no.57 in Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland Illustrated, with descriptions by Thomas Rose, published by H Fisher, R Fisher, and P Jackson, Newgate, London, about 1835. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.402
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