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| Windebrowe, Keswick | ||
| Windebrowe | ||
| locality:- | Brigham (?) | |
| civil parish:- | Keswick (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY27632400 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2724 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY22 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series placename:- Greta Bank |
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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. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Der) placename:- Windy Brow |
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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. CT2NY22Q.jpg "Windy Brow / Wm. Calvert's Esqr." item:- Armitt Library : 1959.191.3 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Windebrowe |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "WINDEBROWE / / OLD WINDEBROWE ROAD / UNDERSKIDDAW / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72208 / NY2763324008" |
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| hearsay:- |
The miners from Ausberg who worked at Brigham Forge, lived here. |
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| It was once the home of William Calvert; William and Dorothy Wordsworth stayed here,
1794; It was sold to the Spedding Family, 1833; now owned by the Calvert Trust. |
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