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Stonethwaite, Borrowdale
Stonethwaite
Steanwet
Steanthet
civil parish:-   Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY26241374 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY2613
10Km square:-   NY21


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BTO69.jpg (taken 22.9.2010)  
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BWB03.jpg (taken 6.3.2012)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 70 14) 
placename:-  Stonethwaite
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:-  Stonethwaite
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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"Stonethwaite"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old print:- Green 1804 (plate 26) 
placename:-  Stonethwaite
source data:-   Print, uncoloured aquatint, Cottage at Stonethwaite, in Borrowdale, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1804.
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GN1626.jpg
Plate 26 from a series. 
printed at bottom:-  "Cottage at Stonethwaite, / in Borrowdale. / Drawn and Engraved by Wm. Green, and Published at Ambleside, June 24, 1804."
printed at top right:-  "26"
item:-  Armitt Library : 2014.175
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Stonethwaite
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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OT02NY21.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Stonethwaite
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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FD02NY21.jpg
"Stonethwaite"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Stonethwaite
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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GAR2NY21.jpg
"Stonethwaite"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old drawing:- 
placename:-  Stonethwaite
source data:-   Drawing, Stonethwaite, Borrowdale, Cumberland, by John Harper, 1840.
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PR1378.jpg
Group of Lakeland vernacular buildings in the foreground with hills in the background. Executed in pencil with touches of white gouache on buff coloured paper. Preparatory sketch drawn on the spot by the artist. 
at bottom right:-  "Stonethwaite. Borrowdale. 11 Sep/40"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 2009.89.21
Image © Tullie House Museum

evidence:-   old print:- Green 1809
placename:-  Stonethwaite
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Stonethwaite, Borrowdale, Cumberland, by William Green, published by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster Row, London, 1809.
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GN0305.jpg
Plate 5 in Seventy Eight Studies from Nature. 
printed in introductory pages to set of prints:-  "Number 5. Stonethwaite, in Borrowdale, is a village consisting of about twelve houses; it is seven miles from Keswick, and on the road to Langdale, over the Stake."
printed at bottom:-  "STONETHWAITE. / Pub. Ambleside Augst. 1st. 1809, by W. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6637.5
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Stonethwaite
source data:-   Print, uncoloured aquatint, Cottage at Stonethwaite, in Borrowdale, Cumberland, drawn, engraved and published by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1804.
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PR0454.jpg
printed at bottom:-  "Cottage at Stonethwaite, / in Borrowdale. / Drawn and Engraved by Wm. Green, and Published at Ambleside, June 24, 1804."
item:-  private collection : 118
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Stonethwaite
source data:-   Print, colotype, Old Cottage, Stonethwaite, Cumberland, by A R Smith.
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PR0072.jpg
Included in The Striding Dales by Halliwell Sutcliffe? 
printed at lower right:-  "[A R Smith]"
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.72
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photograph
BOF90.jpg  Surveyor from Durham University, making a detailed 3D topographical plan of the valley for planning flood control.
(taken 5.10.2007)  
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BOF91.jpg (taken 5.10.2007)  

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NY26211374 Croft Cottage (Borrowdale) L
NY26261371 Fellside Cottage (Borrowdale) L
NY26241378 Greenup Corner (Borrowdale) L
NY26421299 Hanging Haystack (Borrowdale)
NY26651393 Huddleston's Shop (Borrowdale)
NY26411091 sheepfold, Borrowdale (9) (Borrowdale)
NY26551369 sheepfold, Stonethwaite (Borrowdale)
NY26121429 stone wall, Stonethwaite (Borrowdale)
NY2614 Stonethwaite Beck (Borrowdale)
NY26301371 Stonethwaite Farm (Borrowdale) L
NY26251376 telephone box, Stonethwaite (Borrowdale) L
NY26251372 Yew Tree Farmhouse (Borrowdale) L
NY26331383 Stonethwaite Bridge (Borrowdale)
NY25791399 St Andrew's Church (Borrowdale)
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