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| Murthwaite, Longsleddale | ||
| Murthwaite | ||
| locality:- | Longsleddale | |
| civil parish:- | Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY51490076 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5100 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY50 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 33 4) placename:- Murthwaite |
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| source data:- | County Series map, Westmorland sheet 33 4, part of Longsleddale, Westmorland, scale
25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, about
1890s? BNJ86.jpg item:- private collection : 55 Image © see bottom of page "Murthwaite" |
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| evidence:- | census returns:- placename:- Murthwaite |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) placename:- Murthwaite |
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| 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. J5NY50SW.jpg "Murthwaite" circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) placename:- Marthwaite |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles
to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805. CY24NY50.jpg "Marthwaite" block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet item:- JandMN : 129 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS 1881-82 New Series (outline edition) placename:- Murthwaite |
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| source data:- | Map, engraving, area north of Kendal, Westmorland, New Series
one inch map, outline edition, sheet 39, scale 1 inch to 1 mile,
published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire,
1881-82. O21NY50A.jpg , "Murthwaite" item:- JandMN : 61 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- |
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| source data:- | Royal Commission on Historical Monuments in England: 1936: Inventory of the Historical
Monuments in Westmorland: HMSO "[17th century, 2 storey, rubble walls, slate roofs] ... contains a two-stage cupboard
of the local type with carved upper panels, pendant and fascia; a spice-cupboard has
a carved panel and the initials and date I. and .E.L. 1679." |
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| evidence:- | textbook:- EPNS Westmorland 1967 placename:- Morethwayte |
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| source data:- | Book, The Place Names of Westmorland, two volumes, by A H Smith,
published for the English Place Name Society by Cambridge
University Press, Cambridgeshire, 1967 |
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| evidence:- | old newspaper:- K5703013.txt placename:- Murthwaite item:- magic |
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| source data:- | K5703013.txt Kendal Times Transcription from the Kendal Mercury 3 January 1857 page 3:- "..." "Dr. Lickbarrow [17th century] resided at the farm-house called Murthwaite, in Longsleddale, and was the proprietor of the dwelling and estate. He was noted as a clever disciple of AEsculapius, a Poet, and an undoubted Professor of the Black Art. The first view I shall give of him will, I trust, shew a little of his skill both as a doctor and seer." "... ..." "So the Doctor, like ordinary mortals, died, and his place knew him no more; but tales of his extraordinary doings have been handed down by oral tradition from father to son until the present day." "His property and effects fell into other hands. What became of the chained book I know not; but one of minor importance, containing instructions in fortune-telling, together with some valuable medicinal receipts, came into the possession of one of his neighbours. The book in question was extant for many years in the family, but was at length destroyed by a giddy servant girl, who by its instructions had these several times tried to learn her future destiny, and each time having it revealed to her that loss of reputation and dishonour awaited her, she in a passion tossed the book into the flames. Nevertheless, this did not avert the threatened fate, for what had been foretold became true to the very letter." "Of Dr. Lickbarrow's merits as a poet, I cannot say much. I have myself seen a song of some length, said to have been composed by him. It abounds in flowery passages of affected fine writing, mingled with others of a kind which unfit it for publication. ..." The article is lengthy. |
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| evidence:- | map:- OS Six Inch (1956) placename:- Murthwaite |
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| source data:- | Map series, various editions with the national grid, scale about
6 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey,
Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s,
then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on
demand from digital data. SINY5100.jpg "Murthwaite" |
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| evidence:- | shepherds guide:- Wilson 1913 placename:- Murthwaite |
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| source data:- | Book, New Shepherd's Guide for Cumberland, Westmorland, and
Lancashire, by Thomas Wilson, 1913. WL1p371c.jpg "William Thompson, Murthwaite; W T burned on both horns, red T on near side." item:- private collection : 329 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | shepherds guide:- Lamb 1937 placename:- Murthwaite |
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| source data:- | Book, Lamb's Shepherds' Guide for Cumberland, Westmorland and
Lancashire, by R H Lamb, published by the Herald Printing Co,
Penrith, Cumberland, 1937. LM1p314b.jpg "Aaron Booth, Murthwaite. T on near side, A B burn on near horn." item:- Kendal Library : 40 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old newspaper:- Z8900719.txt placename:- Marthwaite item:- spice cupboard |
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| source data:- | Z8900719.txt Westmorland Gazette Transcription from the Westmorland Gazette 19 July 1890 page 2:- "In the large kitchen of the house at Marthwaite, Longsleddale, is a recess let into the wall, covered with a curiously-carved old oak door, and having on it an inscription in this form" "16 72 / L / I E" "which, by the antiquarians, is said to stand for John and Elizabeth Lickbarrow, who lived in the year 1672. John was supposed to be in league with the devil, and have the power of producing supernatural effects. A certain black book which he often consulted was considered decisive evidence of his magical tendencies. ... Lickbarrow studied plants and collected herbs, and such conduct would stamp him as a wizard." |
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| story:- |
There is a tale about a Wizard of Longsleddale, a Dr Lickbarrow who lived at Murthwaite
in the 17th century, dabbling in black magic. |
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| Once when away at church there was a violent storm, tree branches broken, slates lifted,
in which the doctor thought he spotted the work of the devil. Hurrying back home he
found an apprentice working with the Book of Magic, open at the pages on How to raise
the Devil. Ordering the young man out, the doctor struggled to close the book and
lock away Old Nick. |
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| The doctor was probably the local healer, and finder of lost items. When he was dying
he was told of two pigeons squabbling on the roof of Murthwaite. Told that the black
pigeon had defeated the white, the doctor replied that it was all over for him too;
soon after he died. |
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| notes:- |
The Hawkshead Parish Account book, 1786, includes:- |
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| "Journey horse hire and expenses to Backbarrow to Eliner Preston to take her child
to Mr. Kellets of Long Sleddale to be cured of a scabbed head 2/6." |
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| Parish register entries have Kellets at Kilnstones and Murthwaite in the 1780s, but
perhaps elsewhere in the valley. |
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| Cowper, H S: 1785=1896: Hawkshead Folklore: TransCWAAS: OS vol.14: pp.371-389 |
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