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Causeway Farm, Windermere
civil parish:-   Windermere (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY41540002
1Km square:-   NY4100
10Km square:-   NY40


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BQB44.jpg (taken 12.2.2009)  
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BTH67.jpg (taken 5.8.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 32 4) 
placename:-  Causey
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:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Cusir
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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J5NY40SW.jpg
"Cusir"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Cusir Crest
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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CY24NY40.jpg
"Cusir Crest"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Causeway Farm
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CAUSEWAY FARMHOUSE / / / WINDERMERE TOWN / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 351651 / NY4154600045"

hearsay:-  
There is a date stone over a fireplace:-
"[P / I M / 1658]"
There is a press cupboard with the same initials, date 1661.

Palmer, J H & McIntire, W T (ed): 1945: Historic Farmhouses in and around Westmorland: Westmorland Gazette (Kendal, Westmorland)

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