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Low House, Buttermere
Low House
locality:-   Brackenthwaite
civil parish:-   Buttermere (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY15612250
1Km square:-   NY1522
10Km square:-   NY12


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CCU45.jpg (taken 10.4.2015)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 63 5) 
placename:-  Low House
placename:-  House, Low
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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Low House
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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"Low House"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (But/Cru/Low) 
placename:-  Low House
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater Lakes, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1794, version published 1800.
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"Low House"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Low House
item:-  date stone (1740); date stone (1773)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"LOW HOUSE AND ADJOINING BARN FORMING PART OF THE HOUSE / / / BUTTERMERE / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72159 / NY1560622488"

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