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| Guardhouse, Threlkeld | ||||
| Guardhouse | ||||
| civil parish:- | Threlkeld (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| locality type:- | locality | |||
| locality type:- | buildings | |||
| coordinates:- | NY34012591 (etc) | |||
| 1Km square:- | NY3425 | |||
| 10Km square:- | NY32 | |||
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 57 13) placename:- Guardhouse |
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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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Guard House |
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| 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. D4NY32NW.jpg "Guard ho." block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by
William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in
London, 1778 to 1821. goto sourceAddendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 Page 202:- "..." "Oct. 2. I set out at ten for Keswick [from Penrith], ... The broad and green vallies of Gardies and Lowside, with a swift stream glittering among the cottages and meadows, lay to the left, ..." |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Clarke 1787 placename:- Guardhouse |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland,
and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93. goto source Page 57:- "..." "In this narrow pass is a place called Guardhouse, where are the remains of a very strong wall; its name gives the most probable grounds for conjecture concerning its use, viz. That it has been a watch-tower, to guard this defile against the incursions of invaders. An old writing, preserved at Greystock Castle, informs us, that this was the place of safety where the family of Threlkelds of Threlkeld-Hall used to preserve their provisions; though I well know, that those turbulent and uncivilized ages (of which we have so many remains) made this precaution necessary, I cannot help thinking" goto sourcePage 58:- "this was only the secondary use, and that the original was what I have hinted above. I am farther confirmed in this opinion, from the circumstance of this once rich and flourishing family never having had any castle or strong-hold at Threlkeld-Hall, at least that I can hear of; and of course there was a necessity for there being in this place one of those guard or watch-houses, of which we find such numbers throughout this and the adjacent counties. ..." |
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