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Branthwaite Hall, Dean
Branthwaite Hall
locality:-   Branthwaite
civil parish:-   Dean (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   pele tower
coordinates:-   NY06522534
1Km square:-   NY0625
10Km square:-   NY02

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 62 2) 
placename:-  Branthwaite Hall
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.
"Branthwaite Hall (1604)"

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
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
D4NY02NE.jpg
"Hall"
house near Branthwaite 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   site plan:- Curwen 1913
placename:-  Branthwaite Hall
source data:-   Site plan, lithograph, Branthwaite Hall, pele tower, Branthwaite, Dean, Cumberland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1913.
image  click to enlarge
CW0150.jpg
On p.256 of The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, by John F Curwen. 
printed at top:-  "Branthwaite Hall"
item:-  Armitt Library : A782.50
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Branthwaite Hall
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BRANTHWAITE HALL / / / DEAN / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / I / 72620 / NY0652225344"


photograph
CDB49.jpg (taken 2015)  courtesy of Ed Hughes

notes:-  
pele tower and hall

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

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