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placename:- Aldby
other name:- Aldby Farm
parish Dacre parish, once in Cumberland
county:- Cumbria
building/s
coordinates:- NY46242774
10Km square:- NY42

1Km square NY4627

old map:- Ford 1839 map

Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, 1839.
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Aldby

placename:- Aldby
county:- Westmoreland
date:- 1839
period:- 19th century, early; 1830s

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760

New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, published by T Bowles, John Bowles and Son, Robert Sayer, and John Tinney, 1760; published 1760-87.
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Aldby
circle, tower

placename:- Aldby
date:- 1760
period:- 18th century, late; 1760s

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)

Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695.
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Aldby
Drawing of a house.

placename:- Aldby
county:- Cumberland
date:- 1695
period:- 17th century, late; 1690s

old map:- Jansson 1646

Map, Cumbria et Westmoria, or Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646; published 1646-1724.
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Aldbye
Buildings and tower.

placename:- Aldbye
county:- Cumberland
date:- 1646
period:- 17th century, early; 1640s

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)

Maps, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, London, 1611; published 1611-1770.
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Aldbye
circle, tower

placename:- Aldbye
date:- 1611
period:- 17th century, early; 1610s

old map:- Saxton 1576

Map, 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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Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus.
Aldbye

placename:- Aldbye
county:- Cumberlandia
hamlet
date:- 1576
period:- 16th century, late; 1570s

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

Listed Buildings 2010

courtesy of English Heritage
ALDBY / / / DACRE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73760 / NY4624227742
courtesy of English Heritage
Farmhouse. Early C18. Limestone rubble walls, with flush sandstone quoins, under graduated greenslate roof with banded ashlar end chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 2 bays, with left lean-to extension. Centre C20 door in painted stone surround. Left 4-light chamfered stone-mullioned windows and right similar 3-light windows. Right return wall has 3-light window under large cross-mullioned window. Rear off-centre plank door in stone surround. 2- and 3-light stone-mullioned windows on different levels.

placename:- Aldby
district:- Eden
listed building
coordinates:- NY46242774
date:- 2010
period:- 2010s

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

Listed Buildings 2010

courtesy of English Heritage
STABLES NORTH WEST OF ALDBY FARMHOUSE / / / DACRE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73761 / NY4620427768
courtesy of English Heritage
House, later converted to stables, now derelict. Dated and inscribed over former doorway E. & D.H. 1697, with C19 alterations. Limestone rubble walls with sandstone dressings, under graduated greenslate roof, partly missing. 2 storeys, 5 bays. Off-centre former doorway now partly blocked with casement window under shaped and dated lintel. Casement windows in former 2-light openings with mullions removed, the lintels shaped to give pointed heads to each light; a smaller blocked firewindow and central sliding door, all under continuous dripmould, partly removed for sliding door. Central loft doorway flanked by blocked 2-light stone-mullioned windows. Derelict and unoccupied at time of survey. Listed for group value with Aldby Farmhouse.

placename:- Aldby Farm
district:- Eden
listed building -- stable
coordinates:- NY46202776
date:- 2010
period:- 2010s

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