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| Tomwat Hill, Rockcliffe | ||
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| Tomwat Hill | ||
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | tower (?) | |
| coordinates:- | NY360650 (roughly) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3665 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY36 | |
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| evidence:- | probably old map:- Saxton 1579 placename:- Tomwat Hill |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland
and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved
by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645. Sax9NY36.jpg Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus. "Tomwat hill" Settlement. item:- private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Burghley 1590 (facsimile) placename:- Thomwhathill |
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| source data:- | Facsimile map, A Platt of the Opposete Border of Scotland to ye West Marches of England,
parts of Cumberland and Scotland including the Debateable Land, from a manuscript
drawn for William Cecil, Lord Burghley, about 1590, published by R B Armstrong, 1897. courtesy of the National Library of Scotland  M048NY36.jpg "Thomwhathill" circle, tower item:- National Library of Scotland : MS6113 f.267 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) placename:- Tomwat Hill |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie
Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed,
1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head
Alley, London, 1611-12. SP11NY36.jpg "Tomwat hill" circle, tower item:- private collection : 16 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jansson 1646 placename:- Tomwat Hill |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie
Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by
John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646. JAN3NY36.jpg "Tomwat hill" Buildings and tower. item:- JandMN : 88 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) placename:- Tomwat Hill |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1
inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the
Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the
Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715. MD12NY36.jpg "Tomwat Hill" Circle. item:- JandMN : 90 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 placename:- Tomwat Hill |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of
Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards,
scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas
Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John
Bowles, London, 1760. BO18NY36.jpg "Tomwat Hill" circle and line item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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| notes:- |
tower or stone house |
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| Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS::
ISBN 1 873124 23 6 |
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