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| Thorney How, Grasmere | ||
| Thorney How | ||
| Thorny How | ||
| Grasmere Youth Hostel | ||
| locality:- | Grasmere | |
| civil parish:- | Lakes (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | youth hostel | |
| coordinates:- | NY33190843 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3308 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY30 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 18 16) placename:- Thorny Howe |
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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:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) placename:- Thorn How |
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| 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. J5NY30NW.jpg "Thorn How" circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) placename:- Thorn How |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles
to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805. CY24NY30.jpg "Thorn How" block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet item:- JandMN : 129 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Thorney Howe Youth Hostel |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "THORNEY HOWE YOUTH HOSTEL / / / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 452087 / NY3319508428" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Now Youth Hostel. L-plan. C18 wing to east of stone rubble with crude slate quoins, slate roof, end chimneys, 2 storeys, round-arched doorway, 2 sashes on ground floor and 3 above. Lower and older part facing south is cement- rendered and has 3 oval chimneys, 2 low storeys, and smaller windows." |
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| person:- | society : Youth Hostels Association |
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| date:- | 1978 |
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| : 1978 (8th edn): Youth Hostels in Lakeland: Youth Hostels Association| |
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