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Thursby
civil parish:-   Thursby (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY32655023 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3250
10Km square:-   NY35


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BZP37.jpg (taken 1.11.2013)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 29 4) 
placename:-  Thursby
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:-  Thuresbye
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.
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Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church.  "Thuresbye"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Thuresby
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, about 1595.
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"Thuresby"
circle 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Thuresbye
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.
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"Thuresbye"
circle, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Thuresbye
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.
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"Thuresbÿe"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) 
placename:-  Thuresby
placename:-  Fearsby
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In mile 33, Cumberland.  "Thuresby vulgo Fearsby"
houses each side of the road. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Thursby
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.
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"Thursby"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 261) 
placename:-  Thuresby
placename:-  Fearsby
source data:-   Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, pl.261, the end of the road from Kendal to Cockermouth and the road from Egremont to Carlisle, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.
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"Thuresby vulgo Fearsby"
At mile 33-34 from Egremont. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : Lowther.36
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evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  Thursby
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Cumberland North from London, scale about 11 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
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"Thursby"
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality 
item:-  JandMN : 115
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Thuresby
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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"Thuresby / V"
blocks, on road, vicarage 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Thursby
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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"Thursby"
blocks, and usually a church, labelled in upright lowercase; a village 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Thursby
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
image CY38p555, button  goto source
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page 555-556  "to Thursby"
item:-  JandMN : 228.2
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Thursby
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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"Thursby"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 86
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Thursby
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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"Thursby"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Thursby
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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"Thursby"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Burrow 1920s
source data:-   Road book, On the Road, Dunlop Pictorial Road Plans, volume V, strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, irregular scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.
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item:-  private collection : 17
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evidence:-   old drawing:- 
placename:-  Thursby
source data:-   Drawing, Thursby Village, Cumberland, by Thomas Bushby, 1907.
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Summertime; panoramic view of Thursby village with the church to left standing on a small hill and the village stretching across plane of composition. Several figures are lightly sketched standing in foreground meadow. 
signed &inscribed at bottom right:-  "Thos; Bushby. 1907 Thursby"
dated at bottom right:-  "Sep.14 1907"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1996.252.26
Image © Tullie House Museum

evidence:-   old painting:- 
placename:-  Thursby
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Autumn, Thursby, Cumberland, by Thomas Bushby, 1907.
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Autumn; village street running diagonally across composition from lower left corner. To its left stands a substantial ivy clad house; to its right a row of cottages with a larger house at either end. The village green lies to right of foreground. A blank area remains in centre. 
inscribed at reverse:-  "'Autumn' Thursby. Thos Bushby. Victoria Lodge, Currock, Carlisle 1907"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1996.252.41
Image © Tullie House Museum

evidence:-   perhaps old painting:- 
item:-  sheep
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Village Scene, Thursby? Cumberland, by Thomas Bushby, 1900?
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Summertime; a flock of sheep graze in foreground field beyond the fence and hedge of which lies a village partially obscured by bushes and trees. The village church stands, slightly elevated, in centre of composition. 
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1996.252.38
Image © Tullie House Museum

places:-  
NY32775026 Crookleigh (Thursby)
NY32685028 Dial Croft (Thursby)
NY32765024 Greenwood Cottage (Thursby) L
NY32745023 Greenwood House (Thursby) L
NY32405046 Hole House (Thursby)
NY32795029 Holly Lodge (Thursby) L
NY32705026 milestone, Thursby (6) (Thursby) L
NY32445030 Old Vicarage (Thursby) L
NY32495041 police house, Thursby (Thursby)
NY32395023 Rosedene (Thursby) L
NY32675023 school, Thursby (Thursby) gone
NY32555028 Ship Inn, The (Thursby) L
NY32415028 St Andrew's Church (Thursby)
NY32845028 Stone House (Thursby)
NY32395050 Thursby Methodist Church (Thursby)
NY32375022 Thursby Parish Hall (Thursby)
NY32855002 Thursby Primary School (Thursby)
NY32415034 war memorial, Thursby (Thursby)
NY32485006 West House (Thursby) L
NY32745031 Whitegates (Thursby) L
NY32215034 Yewtree (Thursby)
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