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Brockstones, Kentmere
Brockstones
civil parish:-   Kentmere (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY46650528
1Km square:-   NY4605
10Km square:-   NY40


photograph
CAK42.jpg (taken 19.4.2014)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 6) 
placename:-  Brockstones
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:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Brockstone
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Brockstone"
in  "Kentmere"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Brockstone
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
J5NY40NE.jpg
"Brockstone"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Brockston
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24NY40.jpg
"Brockston"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Brockstone Farm
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BROCKSTONE FARMHOUSE / / / KENTMERE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76473 / NY4665005298"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BARN TO SOUTH OF BROCKSTONES FARMHOUSE AT NGR 466052 / / / KENTMERE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76474 / NY4664105271"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BARN TO SOUTH WEST OF BROCKSTONES FARMHOUSE AT NGR 466052 / / / KENTMERE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 436263 / NY4662205274"

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