Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Threlkeld
	other name:-	Threlkat
	parish	Threlkeld parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		building/s
	coordinates:-	NY322254
	10Km square:-	NY32
	1Km square	NY3225
		Threlkeld -- Threlkeld -- Cumbria / -- 1.10.2011
		Threlkeld -- Threlkeld -- Cumbria / -- 17.3.2008
	source:-	Martineau 1855
		Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-71.
		Page 70:-
		... The village of Threlkeld will, by its name, remind the traveller of the good Lord Clifford, the story of
		Page 71:-
		whose boyhood is familiar to all readers of Wordsworth. That place is, indeed, the refuge where the boy passed his shepherd life; and there is a local tradition that, though he never learned to read or write, during the twenty-four years that he spent in keeping sheep, his astronomical knowledge was considerable, and so interesting to him that he improved it by study after he came to his estates. ...
	person:-	shepherd : Cliiford, Lord
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	old map:-	Garnett 1850s-60s H
		Map of the English Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
		Threlkeld
		blocks, settlement
	placename:-	Threlkeld
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s
	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.
		Threlkeld
	placename:-	Threlkeld
	county:-	Westmoreland
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	descriptive text:-	Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
		Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839; published 1839-52.
		Page 94:-
		...
		Four miles and a half from Keswick on the Penrith road, is Threlkeld, an irregular built village, on the south side of Blencathra, with a fine view up the vale of Wanthwaite; ...
	placename:-	Threlkeld
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	source:-	Otley 1818
		New Map of the District of the Lakes, in Westmorland, Cumberland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, published by J Otley, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1818; pblished 1818 to 1850s.
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		THRELKELD
	placename:-	Threlkeld
	old map:-	West 1784 map
		A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, now Cumbria, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, included in the Guide to the Lakes by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Westmorland, and in London, from the 3rd edition 1784, to 1821.
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	placename:-	Threlkeld
		building/s
	county:-	Cumberland
	descriptive text:-	West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
		Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
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		Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769
		Page 202:-
		...
		Oct. 2. I set out at ten for Keswick [from Penrith], ... passed through Penruddock and Threlkeld at the foot of Saddleback, ...
	date:-	1769
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	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.
		Threlkeld
		circle, tower
	placename:-	Threlkeld
	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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		Threlkeld
		Circle, building and tower.
	placename:-	Threlkeld
	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.
		Threlcot
		Buildings and tower.
	placename:-	Threlcot
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1646
	period:-	17th century, early; 1640s
	old map:-	Jenner 1643
		Table of distances and map, Westmerland ie Westmorland, now Cumbria, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by Thomas Jenner, London, 1643.
		Threlcot
		circle
	placename:-	Threlcot
	date:-	1643
	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.
		Threlcot
		circle, building, tower
	placename:-	Threlcot
	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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		Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church.
		Threlcot
	placename:-	Threlcot
	county:-	Cumberlandia
		village
	date:-	1576
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	old print:-	Bogg 1898
		Print, engraving, The Shepherd Lord and Anne St John, near Threlkeld, Cumberland, by Gilbert Foster, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.
		Included on p.150 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg; an imaginative scene.
	person:-	shepherd : Cliiford, Lord
	person:-	: St John, Anne
	date:-
	period:-	19th century, late
	road book:-	Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
		Road book, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, published by G and J Cary, 86 St James's Street, London, 1798-1828.
		page 733-734
		Threlkeld
	placename:-	Threlkeld
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	source:-	Martineau 1855
		Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-71.
		Page 228:-
		THRELKELD.
		Cockbain, M., farmer, Souterfell.
		Collinson, Rev. Thos, incumbent of Threlkeld.
		Crozier, John, Esq., Riddings.
		Donaldson, John, Salutation Inn.
		Greenhow, Thomas, yeoman.
		Morley, Thomas, butcher and grocer.
		Porter, Mrs., White Horse Inn
		Taylor, Robert, farmer, Threlkeld Hall.
		VALE OF LOWESWATER.- (Head Office:- Cockermouth.)
		Atkinson, Rev. Jer., Parsonage.
		Bell, Richard, yeoman, Latterhead.
		Benson, Isaac, yeoman, Godferhead.
		Beck, Joseph, blacksmith, Gillerthwaite.
		Burueyat, Peter, yeoman, Latterhead.
		Cuthbertson, John, farmer, Watergate.
		Collinson, -, Esq., Oak Bank.
		Dixon, Wm., yeoman, Waterend.
		Fawcett, Jonathan, yeoman, Bar Yeat.
		Ireland, Jane, landowner, Red Howe.
		Johnston, Henry, tailor, Thackthwaite.
		Norman, Lemuel, joiner, Muncaster House.
		Pearson, Henry, farmer and innkeeper, Church Stile,
		Pearson, Mrs., landowner, Low Park.
		Proddow, Simeon, yeoman, Ardale Place.
		Sancton, Thos., post-messenger, Old SchooL
		Senhouse, Humphrey, gentleman, Low Park.
		Simpson, Jonathan, farmer, Mill Hill.
		Skelton, Miss, Foulsyke.
		Topping, George, yeoman, Thackthwaite.
		Tyson, William, yeoman, Thackthwaite.
		Tyson, William, yeoman, Low Park.
		Tyson, J., grocer, Gillerthwaite.
		Tyson, Isaac, joiner, Gillerthwaite.
		Vickers, Mrs., Kirkhead.
		Wilkinson, John, farmer and innkeeper, Mire Syke.
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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