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| Temon, Upper Denton | ||
| Temon | ||
| civil parish:- | Upper Denton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY61696382 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY6163 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY66 | |
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| MN photo:-   | 
            There are said to be the remains of a bastle house in this group. | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 12 16)  placename:- Temon  | 
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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. | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)  placename:- Temmon  | 
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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.![]() D4NY66SW.jpg "Temmon" block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library  | 
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| evidence:- | road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)  placename:- Temmon  | 
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| source data:- | Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 
                  Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.   goto source   click to enlargeC38699.jpg page 699-700 "Temmon, Cumb." item:- JandMN : 228.2 Image © see bottom of page  | 
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| evidence:- | possibly old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806 placename:- Tammon Inn  | 
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| source data:- | Road map, Continuation of the Roads to Glasgow and Edinburgh, 
                  scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, 
                  published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.   click to enlargeLw21.jpg "Tammon Inn" inn; on county boundary item:- private collection : 18.21 Image © see bottom of page  | 
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Temon item:- date stone (1730)  | 
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "TEMON TOGETHER WITH REMAINS OF PELE TOWER / / / UPPER DENTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 78083 / NY6169963825"  | 
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| notes:-   | 
            bastle now a barn | 
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| Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS::
               ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan and illustration | 
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