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Crosthwaite, Crosthwaite and Lyth: Boyd
locality:-   Crosthwaite
civil parish:-   Crosthwaite and Lyth (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   smithy
locality type:-   workplace
coordinates:-   SD45129110
1Km square:-   SD4591
10Km square:-   SD49


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BPO41.jpg (taken 8.8.2008)  
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BPO31.jpg (taken 8.8.2008)  Gordon Boyd with a book of past work, on the work in progress on a garden bench.

evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Crosthwaite
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
image CY38p653, button  goto source
image  click to enlarge
C38653.jpg
page 653-654  "to Crosthwaite"
item:-  JandMN : 228.2
Image © see bottom of page


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BPO32.jpg  Busy workshop.
(taken 8.8.2008)  
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BPO33.jpg  Busy workshop.
(taken 8.8.2008)  
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BPO34.jpg  Anvil, hammer, bolt cutters ...
(taken 8.8.2008)  
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BPO35.jpg  Steel leg vice.
(taken 8.8.2008)  
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BPO36.jpg  Swage block.
(taken 8.8.2008)  
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BPO37.jpg  Stock of ready made horseshoes.
(taken 8.8.2008)  
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BPO38.jpg  Horshoes.
(taken 8.8.2008)  
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BPO39.jpg  Horseshoes.
(taken 8.8.2008)  
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BPO40.jpg  Iron letters, would do nicely for a weathervane.
(taken 8.8.2008)  
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BPO42.jpg  Seats and arbors.
(taken 8.8.2008)  

person:-   blacksmithfarrier
 : Boyd, Gordon
date:-   2008
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