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Ormathwaite, Underskiddaw
Ormathwaite
civil parish:-   Underskiddaw (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY26892522 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY2625
10Km square:-   NY22

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 2) 
placename:-  Ormathwaite
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:-  Ormathwaite
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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"Ormathwaite"
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 (Der) 
placename:-  Ormathwaite
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, ie Derwent Water, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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"ORMATHWAITE"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.3
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evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Ormathwaite
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Ormathwaite
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
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item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1822 (plate 29) 
placename:-  Ormathwaite
source data:-   Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Ormathwaite Green, Underskiddaw, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1822.
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Plate 29 in Forty Etchings from Nature. 
printed at bottom:-  "ORMATHWAITE GREEN. / Etched from Nature by William Green, &Published at Ambleside, Feby. 1, 1822."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6644.29
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Ormathwaite
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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"Ormathwaite"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Ormathwaite Green
source data:-   Print, uncoloured etching? Ormathwaite Green, Cumberland, probably drawn, engraved and published by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1820.
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printed at bottom centre:-  "ORMATHWAITE GREEN."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.68
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places:-  
NY26902520 barn, Ormathwaite (Underskiddaw)
NY26992521 Birkett Wood Farm (Underskiddaw)
NY26922518 mill, Ormathwaite (Underskiddaw)
NY26822531 Ormathwaite Hall (Underskiddaw) L
NY27022562 Underscar (Underskiddaw) L
NY26832528 Ormathwaite Hall Farm (Underskiddaw) L
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