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| meeting house, Thorneyland | ||
| Thorneyland Meeting House | ||
| Solport Meeting House | ||
| locality:- | Thorneyland | |
| civil parish:- | Solport (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | meeting house | |
| locality type:- | quaker meeting | |
| locality type:- | burial ground | |
| locality type:- | quaker burial ground | |
| coordinates:- | NY45787389 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4573 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY47 | |
| references:- | Butler 1978 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 7 6) |
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| 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. "Friends Meeting House / Grave Yard" |
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| evidence:- | text:- placename:- Solport Meeting House placename:- Thornyland Meeting House |
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| source data:- | : : Quaker Administrative History "SOLPORT, Cumb, after 1974 Cumbr ... NY458739" "c1698-1740 ... Burgh (Moorhouse) MM" "1740-c1870 ... Carlisle MM" "THORNYLAND, Cumb, after 1974 Cumbr ... see SOLPORT" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Backhouse 1773 placename:- Solport meeting |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Map of the Meetings belonging to
the Quarterly Meetings of Lancaster, Westmorland, Cumberland,
Northumberland, Durham and York, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch,
by James Backhouse, engraved by Thomas Kitchin, published by
James Backhouse, Darlington, Durham, 1773. BKH2Crls.jpg labelled:- "Solport / 0.4" meeting day Wednesday item:- private collection : 224 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) |
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| 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. D4NY47SE.jpg "Quakers Meeting" at Thorneyland item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | drawing:- Butler 1978 placename:- Thornyland Meeting House |
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| source data:- | Thornyland Meeting House drawn by David Butler and published in Quaker Meeting Houses
of the Lake Counties by David M Butler, by the Friends Historical Society, 1978 courtesy of David Butler  click to enlargePR1488.jpg item:- private collection : 377 Image © Friends Historical Society |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Thornyland Quaker Meeting item:- date stone (1698) |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "THORNYLAND QUAKER MEETING HOUSE AND ATTACHED STABLE / / / SOLPORT / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78167 / NY4578473896" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Redundant Quaker Meeting House. 1773 replacing Meeting House on same site, reused datestone 1698 in end wall came from earlier building. Rendered walls with raised red sandstone quoins; hipped green slate roof. Single storey, 3 bays; stable extension to right. Plank door in plain stone surround with segmental arch. Leaded-pane windows in quoined surrounds with segmental arches. Stable has plank door and small opening to right. Internal screen has small sash shutters to divide off the women's meeting house. See David M. Butler, Quaker Meeting Houses of the Lake Counties, 1978, pp13-15." |
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