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Unthank, Glassonby
Unthank
civil parish:-   Glassonby (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY60984046 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY6040
10Km square:-   NY64

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 40 12) 
placename:-  Unthank
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:-  Unthank
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.  "Unthank"
item:-  private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Unthank
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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"Unthank"
circle, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Unthank
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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"Unthank"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Uuthank
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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"Uuthank"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Unthank
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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"Unthank"
circle and line 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Unthank
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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"Unthank"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

notes:-  
This is a little way from the original Unthank which sufferd the plague in 1597-98.

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NY44313645 Townhead (Skelton)
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NY45843549 Unthank End (Skelton)
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NY45303597 Unthank Farm (Skelton) L out of sight
NY45223602 Unthank Hall (Skelton) L
NY44433642 Unthank House (Skelton) L
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