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Return by Levens-bridge, to Kendal, five miles. Have a new view
of the valley, and the east side of the Kent. At the park-gate
have a charming view of Sizergh, shewing itself to the morning
sun, and appearing to advantage from an elevated site under a
bold and wooded back-ground. The tower was built in the reign of
Henry III, or Edward I, by Sir William Strickland, who had
married Elizabeth, the general heiress of Ralph D'Aincourt. This
is evident from an escutcheon cut in stone, on the west side of
the tower, and hung cornerwise, D'Aincourt quartering Strickland,
three escalop shells, the crest, on a close helmet, a full-topt
holly-bush. The same are the arms of the family at this time, and
this has been their chief residence ever since.[2]
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