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| Ship, Thursby | ||
| locality:- | Thursby | |
| civil parish:- | Thursby (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | inn | |
| coordinates:- | NY32555028 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3250 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY35 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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 BZP17.jpg Innsign, a ship. (taken 1.11.2013)  BZP16.jpg (taken 1.11.2013) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 29 4) placename:- Ship Inn |
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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:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Ship, The |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "THE SHIP / / / THURSBY / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 71945 / NY3255750283" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Public House. Late C18 or early C19. Painted stucco on chamfered plinth with V-jointed quoins; Welsh slate and graduated greenslate roof, rendered chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 3 bays with former stables to left of 2 storeys, 2 bays. C20 double doors and painted-over radial fanlight in pilastered surround with open pediment. Sash windows with glazing bars in painted stone surrounds. Former stables have external stone steps to C20 door in C20 surround. C20 windows. Birthplace of Thomas Bouch, designer of the ill-fated Tay Bridge." |
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 BZP18.jpg Fanlight, with a compass rose. (taken 1.11.2013)  BZP19.jpg Innsign, ship. (taken 1.11.2013) |
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| The Union Flag, and that part of the Red Ensign, is that for the period 1606-1801.
But: there should be a white cross behind the red. |
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| person:- | engineer : Bouch, Thomas, Sir |
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| place:- | birthplace | |
| date:- | 2.1822 |
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| Sir Thomas Bouch designed railway bridges on the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith
Railway; also the Tay Bridge, which was not so successful. |
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