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Page 99:-
[magnifi]cently out of the noble forest trees, by which they
are partly surrounded and sheltered. The approach is through
an old archway covered with ivy. The oaks and Scotch firs
are splendid, and with the meadows, the wooded hill, and the
distant Fell of Carrick, unite with the castle in producing
scenery rarely equalled for amenity and splendour.
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Dalston
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Proceeding onwards, Holm Hill is on the right. Not far from
it is Hawksdale Hall, once the residence of Nicholson the
antiquarian, who, in conjunction with Chancellor Burn, wrote
a History of Cumberland and Westmorland, which no subsequent
publications have as yet superseded. At Oaks, the tourist
cannot but admire the remaining lordly oak that, with
another, gave name to the house. Here the vale of Dalston
opens out to view, presenting a scene of mixed fertility and
desolation, caused by the excessive rapidity and violence of
the Caldew's swollen waters. This village, or rather knot of
villages, is populous, being the seat of busy cotton
manufactories. The church is a plain building, consisting of
a nave, chancel, and south transept. The bell-gable is
curious. The chancel has been lately repaired in the most
tasteful manner by the Lord Bishop, who is patron and
impropriator. The walk hence along the wooded banks of the
river Caldew to Carlisle is charming.
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Dalston Hall
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Following, however, the high road, the only object to be
noticed is Dalston Hall, now used as a farm-house. It has a
venerable look of olden times: the outline is varied with
turrets and battlements.
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gazetteer links
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-- "Dalston Hall" -- Dalston Hall
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-- "Dalston" -- Dalston
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-- "Hawksdale Hall" -- Hawksdale Hall
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-- "Oaks" -- Oaks
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-- "Rose Castle" -- Rose Castle
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-- St Michael's Church
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