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| Vicarage, Great Crosthwaite | ||
| Street:- | Vicarage Hill | |
| locality:- | Great Crosthwaite | |
| civil parish:- | Keswick (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | vicarage | |
| coordinates:- | NY26122421 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2624 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY22 | |
| references:- | Crosthwaite 1783-94 |
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 BYJ11.jpg (taken 21.5.2013)  BYJ12.jpg Gate piers. (taken 21.5.2013) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 2) |
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| 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. "Vicarage" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- placename:- Vicarage |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake
of Derwent, ie Derwent Water, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by
Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published
1800. CT2NY22R.jpg "A. Allason's Esq. / Vicarage" item:- Armitt Library : 1959.191.3 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by
Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W
Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William
Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman,
Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd,
Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839. goto sourcePage 52:- "... The vicarage is beautifully placed on an eminence half a mile from the church, and commands a rich extending prospect. ..." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Crosthwaite Vicarage |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CROSTHWAITE VICARAGE / / VICARAGE HILL / KESWICK / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 71803 / NY2612824214" |
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| hearsay:- |
There is said to be a quotation from Thomas Gray's journal of his visit to The Lakes,
inscribed on the garden wall inside. |
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