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| Tower House, Brownber | ||
| Tower House | ||
| locality:- | Brownber | |
| civil parish:- | Ravenstonedale (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY70570571 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7005 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY70 | |
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 BSP28.jpg (taken 30.4.2010)  BSP30.jpg (taken 30.4.2010) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Tower House item:- date stone |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "TOWER HOUSE, WITH ADJOINING GATEWAY AND COAL STORE / / / RAVENSTONEDALE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74121 / NY7057805735" |
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 BSP29.jpg (taken 30.4.2010)  BSP31.jpg Name sign. (taken 30.4.2010) |
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 BSP32.jpg Skewput. (taken 30.4.2010)  BSP33.jpg Crowstep gable.. (taken 30.4.2010) |
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| hearsay:- |
There was a gallery facing the arch which has been altered to become part of the room
behind. The old balusters were once kept in the woodshed, and in the house there is/was
a picture of the gallery as it was. |
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| hearsay:- |
Mary Elizabeth Gaunt, daughter of Anthony Fothergill, lived here. She was an Anabaptist
and friend of James Burton. He was involved in the Rye House Plot to murder Charles
II and James, Duke of York, 1683. Mary Gaunt gave him sanctuary when he was being
sought. Being betrayed, she was tried and was the last woman to be burnt at the stake,
Tyburn, London, 16 October 1685. |
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| person:- | : Fothergill Family |
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| place:- | home | |
| date:- | 1600 to 1999 |
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