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Kendal: Branthwaite Brow
Branthwaite Brow
locality:-   Kendal
civil parish:-   Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   street
coordinates:-   SD51619277 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD5192
10Km square:-   SD59


photograph
BMN24.jpg  and the Chocolate House
(taken 16.8.2006)  
photograph
BZQ22.jpg (taken 10.11.2013)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 38 8) 
placename:-  Branthwaite Row
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:- Speed 1611
placename:-  Brandthwart Lane
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
image  click to enlarge
SP14Mk.jpg
"G Brandthwart Lane"
street of houses 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770
placename:-  Brandthwaite Brow
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.
image
J55192P.jpg
"Brandthwaite Brow"
street 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

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