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Page 41:-
Above the altar are four or five rows of escutcheons, but so
defaced by the weather that I could not make them out: but
Mr Machel says, that he remembers among them the arms of
Arundel, Percy of Northumberland quartering Lucy, Dacre,
Lowther, Lancaster, Strickland, Threlkeld, Machel, Moresby,
Orpheur, and Crackenthorp. Upon the porch are three harts
heads for the family of Faldo, (vide Guillim, p.186.) In
this church was likewise buried Daniel Fleming of Skirwith,
Esq; who died A.D. 1657, aged 37. We are told by Dr Burns
that there is a grant of a market for Barton in the 17th
year of King John.
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Thorp
Tirril
Sockbridge
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We next see the villages of Thorp, Tirril, and Stockbridge,
all neatly built of stone, and covered with blue slate.
There is nothing remarkable in any of them, except
Stockbridge Hall, now in ruins. It belongs to the Earl of
Lonsdale, and came into that family at the same time and
manner as Barton, viz. by the marriage of Frances,
daughter of Lancelot Lancaster of Stockbridge Hall, to Sir
Christopher Lowther.
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Yanwath
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We then pass Yanwath Hall, an old tower, which is likewise
the property of the Earl of Lonsdale. Yanwath was anciently
called Wathwaineath, as appears from the following
promissory note.
"I Edward Walker of Wathwaineath, in the parish of Barton,
doth acknowledge myself to be indebted and owing unto Edward
Clarke the sum of twelve pounds King's money, which I
promise by myself, my heirs, and assigns, to pay. In test
whereof is my name, the 27th day of June 1566. / EDWARD
WALKER."
I have often thought that this place had its name Yanwath,
q.d. One-Wath, from its being the only wath or
ford practicable for carriages at that time. That it was so,
is evident from the bank at Emont Bridge, which was then too
steep for any loaded waggon to ascend, and this the name of
Wathwaineath, in which wain or waggon is
particularly expressed, farther signifies. Yanwath belongs
to Lord Lonsdale, and the tenants are arbitrary, paying suit
and service at the Hall. It formerly belonged to the
Dudleys, on of whom was Attorney-General to Queen Elizabeth:
It was sold by them to Sir John Lowther about the year 1654,
and has continued in that family ever since.
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Dudley Deal
High Street
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Before we quit this part of the country, I must mention,
that there is a sum of money annually divided among the poor
of the parish of Barton, including Patterdale, Martindale,
and their environs: this is called the Dudley-Deal;
and there is, besides, ten pounds a year, which is
appropriated to the binding of two poor apprentices. These
monies are secured upon an estate called Kentmere
Hall in Westmorland; but what connection Kentmere and
Barton have had I am not able to determine. There are the
vestiges of a road, seemingly Roman, leading from Martindale
to it: this road, which appears now as a broad green path,
goes over the top of a lofty mountain called, (for that
reason I suppose,) the High-Street.
On the 10th of July the neighbouring shepherds assemble here
and hold a festival, during which there are horse-races,
wrestling, and other such like country diversions: hither,
likewise, every one brings stray sheep he has found during
the preceding year, that they may be owned: they also at
this time frequently amuse themselves with fox-hunting.
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Dixon's Fall
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At one of these huntings a man, now living at Kentmere,
whose name is Dixon, fell from the immense rock called
Blea-Water Cragg: this precipice is commonly said to
be 500 yards high, (but I think 300 will be near the truth,)
and in many places over-hangs its base. He had no bones
broke, but was terribly bruised, and was almost compleately
scalped, so that he now has no hair upon his head, except a
little above one of his ears. He struck against the rock
several times in his fall, but says he was not sen-
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-- "Barton" -- -- "Barton" -- Barton
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-- "Dixon's Three Jumps" -- Dixon's Three Jumps
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-- High Street
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-- "Sockbridge Hall" -- Sockbridge Hall
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-- "Sockbridge" -- Sockbridge
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-- St Michael's Church
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-- "Thorpe" -- Thorpe
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-- "Tirril" -- Tirril
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-- "Yanwath Hall" -- Yanwath Hall
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-- "Yanwath" -- Yanwath
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