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Page 135:-
at the junction of two pretty streams, wear a venerable and
majestic appearance, and are, as a whole, a conspicuous and
romantic object in every approach. The return is by the
London road, which here crosses the Eamont by a new bridge,
erected on the site of one washed down in the great floods
of 1822.
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Askham
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Lowther Castle and Hawes Water are most usually and
conveniently visited from Penrith. The tourist must go on as
far as Eamont Bridge, and then turn direct to the right
towards Yanwath, the old hall of which wears a very
castellated look, towering out of the old ancestral trees,
and standing on the south bank of this beautiful stream. The
guide-post will direct him to the left; and having traversed
five miles, he will arrive at Askham, a good village in a
pleasant situation, opposite to Lowther Park. The hall is an
oblong turreted building, either rebuilt or greatly enlarged
in 1574, as appears from a curious inscription over the
door. It was in 1828 converted into the rectory for the
parish. The church is a small edifice, dedicated to St.
Peter, having a large chapel belonging to the hall. Cross
the river to
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Lowther Castle
Lowther Park
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LOWTHER CASTLE AND PARK.
The Castle stands in a park of six hundred acres, on the
east side of the delightful vale of Lowther. The building
was begun in 1802, and its general form is pyramidal, the
wings adorned with turrets
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-- Askham Hall
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-- "Askham" -- Askham
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-- (bridge, Brougham)
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-- "Brougham Castle" -- Brougham Castle
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-- "Lowther Castle" -- Lowther Castle
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-- "Lowther Park" -- Lowther Park
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-- St Peter's Church
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-- Yanwath Hall (?)
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