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meeting house, Thorneyland
Thorneyland Meeting House
Solport Meeting House
locality:-   Thorneyland
civil parish:-   Solport (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   meeting house
locality type:-   quaker meeting
locality type:-   burial ground
locality type:-   quaker burial ground
coordinates:-   NY45787389
1Km square:-   NY4573
10Km square:-   NY47
references:-   Butler 1978

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 7 6) 
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.
"Friends Meeting House / Grave Yard"

evidence:-   text:- 
placename:-  Solport Meeting House
placename:-  Thornyland Meeting House
source data:-   : : Quaker Administrative History "SOLPORT, Cumb, after 1974 Cumbr ... NY458739"
"c1698-1740 ... Burgh (Moorhouse) MM"
"1740-c1870 ... Carlisle MM"
"THORNYLAND, Cumb, after 1974 Cumbr ... see SOLPORT"

evidence:-   old map:- Backhouse 1773
placename:-  Solport meeting
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Map of the Meetings belonging to the Quarterly Meetings of Lancaster, Westmorland, Cumberland, Northumberland, Durham and York, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by James Backhouse, engraved by Thomas Kitchin, published by James Backhouse, Darlington, Durham, 1773.
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labelled:-  "Solport / 0.4"
meeting day Wednesday 
item:-  private collection : 224
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
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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"Quakers Meeting"
at Thorneyland 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   drawing:- Butler 1978
placename:-  Thornyland Meeting House
source data:-   Thornyland Meeting House drawn by David Butler and published in Quaker Meeting Houses of the Lake Counties by David M Butler, by the Friends Historical Society, 1978
courtesy of David Butler
image  click to enlarge
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item:-  private collection : 377
Image © Friends Historical Society

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Thornyland Quaker Meeting
item:-  date stone (1698)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"THORNYLAND QUAKER MEETING HOUSE AND ATTACHED STABLE / / / SOLPORT / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78167 / NY4578473896"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Redundant Quaker Meeting House. 1773 replacing Meeting House on same site, reused datestone 1698 in end wall came from earlier building. Rendered walls with raised red sandstone quoins; hipped green slate roof. Single storey, 3 bays; stable extension to right. Plank door in plain stone surround with segmental arch. Leaded-pane windows in quoined surrounds with segmental arches. Stable has plank door and small opening to right. Internal screen has small sash shutters to divide off the women's meeting house. See David M. Butler, Quaker Meeting Houses of the Lake Counties, 1978, pp13-15."

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