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Tenter Howe, Longsleddale
Tenter Howe
Tenterhowe
locality:-   Tenter Howe
civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY51180071
1Km square:-   NY5100
10Km square:-   NY50


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BSM19.jpg (taken 11.4.2010)  
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BIQ13.jpg (taken 22.4.2004)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 33 4) 
placename:-  Tenter Howe
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.
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"Tenter Howe"

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 33 4) 
placename:-  Tenter Howe
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?
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item:-  private collection : 55
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evidence:-   census returns:- 
placename:-  Tenterhowe
placename:-  Tenterhow
placename:-  Tenter How

 old parish register (formerly )

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Tenter How
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.
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"Tenter How"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Tenter How
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Tenter How"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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 Kendal Corn Rent Act 1836

evidence:-   old map:- OS 1881-82 New Series (outline edition) 
placename:-  Tenter Howe
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.
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"Tenter Howe"
item:-  JandMN : 61
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 census records

 directory entries

evidence:-   map:- OS Six Inch (1956) 
placename:-  Tenter Howe
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.
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"Tenter Howe"

evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Walker 1817
placename:-  Tenterhow
source data:-   Shepherds guide, The Shepherd's Guides or a Delineation of the Wool and Ear Marks on the Different Stocks of Sheep ..., in Westmorland, by Joseph Walker, printed by W Stephen, Penrith, Cumberland, 1817.
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courtesy of George Akrigg
"No.9 - THOMAS WILSON, Tenterhow:"
"Cropped far ear, under bitted and upper bitted near; two red marks over the back before the hucks, four inches parted."
item:-  private collection : 91
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hearsay:-  
Perhaps the location of a tenter ground?


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BTZ36.jpg (taken 1.2.2011)  
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BTZ39.jpg (taken 1.2.2011)  
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BTO48.jpg (taken 24.9.2010)  
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BTO53.jpg (taken 24.9.2010)  


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BTO49.jpg  Walling.
(taken 24.9.2010)  
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BTO50.jpg  Quoins.
(taken 24.9.2010)  
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BTO51.jpg  Lintel and door hood.
(taken 24.9.2010)  
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BTO52.jpg  ?Aumbreys in an internal wall.
(taken 24.9.2010)  

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