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barn, Townend
locality:-   Townend
locality:-   Town End
locality:-   Troutbeck
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   barn
coordinates:-   NY40710216
1Km square:-   NY4002
10Km square:-   NY40


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BTY31.jpg (taken 22.1.2011)  
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BTY32.jpg (taken 22.1.2011)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
item:-  date stone (1666)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BARN AT TOWN END / / / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 452852 / NY4072802234"


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BNQ13.jpg (taken 11.5.2007)  
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BXG94.jpg (taken 7.9.2012)  
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BTY33.jpg  Walling.
(taken 22.1.2011)  
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BTY34.jpg  Corner done without large quoins, and now cemented.
(taken 22.1.2011)  
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BTY35.jpg  Roofing.
(taken 22.1.2011)  
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BTY40.jpg  Window.
(taken 22.1.2011)  

hearsay:-  
A window lintel on the barn is a date stone:-
"B / G E / 1666"

hearsay:-  
The gallery on the barn was probably not used for spinning, Mrs Browne could more easily sit outside her own door across the road.

see:-    Townend, Troutbeck

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