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Adamthwaite, Ravenstonedale
Adamthwaite
locality:-   Wandale
civil parish:-   Ravenstonedale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD71019989
1Km square:-   SD7199
10Km square:-   SD79


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CER31.jpg (taken 7.3.2016)  
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CER42.jpg (taken 7.3.2016)  


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CHC48.jpg  Date stone:-
"TA 1684"  courtesy of Sue Mastell

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 35 4) 
placename:-  Adamthwaite
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.

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Adamthwaite
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.
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J5SD79NW.jpg
"Adamthwaite"
blocks, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, village? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland


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CER43.jpg  The gallery.
(taken 7.3.2016)  
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CER32.jpg  Adamthwaite Sike, Yarlside, Kensgriff, etc in background.
(taken 7.3.2016)  
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CER41.jpg (taken 7.3.2016)  

hearsay:-  
There gallery is dated 1684. The stair is rebuilt. At clipping time a helper stood up here to catch fleeces thrown up, to take them into the barn behind.

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