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Harbybrow, Allhallows
Harbybrow
Harby Brow
civil parish:-   Allhallows (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY19214152
1Km square:-   NY1941
10Km square:-   NY14

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 36 11) 
placename:-  Harbybrow
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.
"Harbybrow / Tower"

evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Harbybrow
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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Tower, symbol for a house, hall, tower, etc.  "Harbybrow"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Harbybrow
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.
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"Harbybrow"
circle, building, tower, N of the river confluence 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Harbybrow
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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"Harbijbrow"
Buildings and tower, N of the river confluence 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Harby Brow
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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"Harby brow"
Circle. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Harby Brow
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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"Harby Brow / Salkeld Esqr."
house, small 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old print:- Curwen 1913
placename:-  Harby Brow
item:-  date stone (1550); 1550s
item:-  wheat, pricebarley, price
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Harby Brow, Plaster Cast of the Inscription, Harbybrow, Allhallows, Cumberland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1913.
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The inscription reads '[Thys house was bui / lded in the fourth yere of / the ryne of King Edwar / de the sex whan a boousc / hel of wete was at viis / a bouschel of bere a / nowbel mault / iiiis st. more.]'. 
Tipped in opposite p.371 of The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, by John F Curwen. 
printed at bottom:-  "HARBY BROW. Plaster cast of the Inscription."
item:-  Armitt Library : A782.75
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Harby Brow Tower
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"HARBY BROW TOWER, ADJOINING FARMHOUSE AND BARN / / / ALLHALLOWS / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / I / 72307 / NY1922241510"

notes:-  
15th century tower and a hall. Datestone, 1550:-
"[THYS HOUSE WAS BUILDED IN THE FOURH YERE OF THE RYNE OF KYNG EDWARDE THE SEX WHAN A BOUSCHEL OF WETE WAS AT viis, A BOUSCHEL OF BERE A NOWBEL, MAULT iiiis ST(ONE) MORE]"

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan and illustration

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