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Tarn House, Midgeholme
Tarn House
locality:-   Geltsdale
civil parish:-   Midgeholme (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY60585848
1Km square:-   NY6058
10Km square:-   NY65


photograph
BUO88.jpg (taken 21.5.2011)  
photograph
BUO90.jpg (taken 21.5.2011)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 18 16) 
placename:-  Tarn House
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:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Terne Howse, The
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
image
Sax9NY65.jpg
Tower, symbol for a house, hall, tower, etc.  "The terne howse"
item:-  private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Terne House, The
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
image
SP11NY66.jpg
"The Terne House"
circle, tower; Northumberland 
item:-  private collection : 16
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Terne House, The
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
image
JAN3NY65.jpg
"The Terne house"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Terne House, The
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.
image
MD12NY65.jpg
"The Terne House"
Drawing of a house. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Tarn 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.
image
D4NY65NW.jpg
"Tarn House"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Tarn House
item:-  date stone (1843)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"TARN HOUSE / / / MIDGEHOLME / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 78060 / NY6061358486"


photograph
BUO89.jpg  Date stone, from rebuilding:-
"1843" (taken 21.5.2011)  

MN photo:-  
Maybe or maybe not associated with the house, in woods to W.

photograph
BUO91.jpg  Stone:-
"1856" (taken 21.5.2011)  

notes:-  
early stone house, possible pele tower

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan and illustration

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