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Great Crosthwaite, Keswick
Great Crosthwaite
civil parish:-   Keswick (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   market town (illegal) 
coordinates:-   NY26032415 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY2624
10Km square:-   NY22

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 2) 
placename:-  Great Crosthwaite
placename:-  Crosthwaite, Great
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:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Crosthwate church
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.
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Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church.  "Crosthwate church"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Crosthwate
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, about 1595.
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"Crosthwate"
circle 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Crosthwate Church
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.
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"Crosthwate Church"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) 
placename:-  Crosthwait
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In mile 30, Cumberland.  "Crosthwait"
church off the road to the left. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Crosthwate Church
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.
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"Crosthwate Church"
Circle. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 260) 
placename:-  Crosthwaite
source data:-   Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, pl.260, The Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.
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About mile 31. 
item:-  private collection : 1.260
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evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  Crotswate
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Cumberland North from London, scale about 11 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
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"Crotswate"
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality 
item:-  JandMN : 115
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evidence:-   old map:- Gents Mag 1751
placename:-  Crostwaite
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Black Lead Mines in Cumberland, and area, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, by George Smith, published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1751.
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"Crostwaite"
church and buildings 
item:-  JandMN : 114
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Crosthwate
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.
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"Crosthwate"
circle, building and tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Crosthwaite
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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"Crosthwaite"
blocks, and usually a church, labelled in upright lowercase; a village 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Der) 
placename:-  Great Crosthwaite
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, ie Derwent Water, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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"GREAT CROSTHWAITE"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.3
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evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Crosthwaite
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Der) 
placename:-  
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of Derwentwater and its Environs, scale about 13 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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buildings and trees by the road 
item:-  private collection : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Crosthwaite
source data:-   Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.
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"Crosthwaite"
village or other place 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Crosthwaite
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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"Crosthwaite"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 86
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Crossthwaite
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"Crossthwaite"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Crosthwaite
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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"Crosthwaite"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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period:-   13th century
Illegal Sunday market being held in 13th century, suppressed about 1306?

personal
person:-   poet
 : Southey, Robert
place:-   burial place

personal
person:-   author
 : Rawnsley, Hardwick Drummond, Canon
place:-   burial place

places:-  
NY25912411 Crossings Bridge (Keswick)
NY25832419 Church Lane (Keswick)
NY26182388 High Hill (Keswick)
NY25752424 Keswick School (Keswick)
NY26202430 Vicarage Hill (Keswick)
NY26112426 Lairbeck Cottage (Keswick)
NY26012429 Lairthwaite (Keswick) gone?
NY26132424 post box, Great Crosthwaite (Keswick)
NY26372434 railway bridge, Great Crosthwaite (Keswick)
NY26302428 Skiddaw Lodge (Keswick)
NY2624 smithy, Great Crosthwaite (Keswick)
NY26152391 St Herbert Social Centre (Keswick) L
NY26152389 toll gate, Keswick (Keswick) gone
NY26122421 Old Vicarage, The (Keswick) L
NY25742422 weather station, Great Crosthwaite (Keswick)
NY26172393 Quaker Cottage (Keswick)
NY25702427 topograph, Great Crosthwaite (Keswick)
NY25742429 St Kentigern's Church (Keswick) L
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