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Askham Hall, Askham
Askham Hall
locality:-   Askham
civil parish:-   Askham (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY51642394
1Km square:-   NY5123
10Km square:-   NY52

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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 7) 
placename:-  Hall, The
placename:-  Lowther Rectory
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.
"The Hall (Lowther Rectory)"
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Hall
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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"Hall / Talum Esq:"
house 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Hall"
house symbol; large house 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
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Page 135:-  "..."
"[Askham] ... 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. ..."
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Askham Hall
source data:-   Photograph, Askham Hall, Askham, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1896.
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Vol.1 no.55 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "55. Askham Hall. Askham. W."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.55
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Askham Hall
item:-  pump; walling; door; window
source data:-   Photograph, Askham Hall, Buildings in the Courtyard, Askham, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1896.
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Vol.1 no.56 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "56. Askham Hall, Buildings in the Courtyard. Askham. W."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.56
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Askham Hall
item:-  gateway
source data:-   Photograph, Askham Hall, Gateway, Askham, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1895.
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Vol.1 no.57 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "57. Askham Hall, Gateway. Askham. W."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.57
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Askham Hall
item:-  date stone; coat of arms
source data:-   Photograph, Askham Hall, Inscription over the Gateway, Askham, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1896.
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The coat of arms of Thomas Sandford, and 'THOMAS SANDFORD ESQUYR / FOR THIS PAYD MEAT AND HYR / THE YEAR OF OUR SAVYORE / XV HUNDRETH SEVENTY-FOUR'. 
Vol.1 no.58 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "58. Askham Hall, Inscription over the Gateway. Askham. W."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.58
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evidence:-   old print:- Taylor 1892
placename:-  Askham Hall
source data:-   Print, photograph, Askham Hall, Askham, Westmorland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, and by Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892.
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Tipped in opposite p.88 of The Old Manorial Halls of Cumberland and Westmorland, by Michael Waistell Taylor. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A785.11
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evidence:-   old print:- Taylor 1892
placename:-  Askham Hall
item:-  date stone (1573); coat of arms
source data:-   Print, Over the Gateway, Askham Hall, coat of arms and inscription, Askham, Westmorland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, and by Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892.
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Blazon given by Taylor - quarterly 1. Sandford, party per chevron sable and ermine two boars' heads in chief coupy or 2. Crackenthorpe, or a chevron between three mullets pierced azure 3. Lancaster of Howgill, argent two bars gules on a canton gules a lion rampant guardant or 4. English, sable three lions rampant caudant inflexed argent 
Inscription 'THOMAS SANDFORD ESQUYR / FOR THYS PAID MEAT AND HYR / THE YEAR OF OUR SAVIOURE / XV HUNDRETH SEVENTY FOUR '. 
Tipped in opposite p.90 of The Old Manorial Halls of Cumberland and Westmorland, by Michael Waistell Taylor. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A785.12
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evidence:-   old print:- Taylor 1892
placename:-  Askham Hall
source data:-   Print, plan of Askham Hall, Askham, Westmorland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, and by Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892.
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Tipped in opposite p.91 of The Old Manorial Halls of Cumberland and Westmorland, by Michael Waistell Taylor. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A785.13
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evidence:-   old text:- Harper 1907
placename:-  Askham Hall
source data:-   HP01p125.txt
Page 125:-  "..."
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"ASKHAM HALL."
"..."
"Cliburn, Sockbridge, and Barton Kirke were all fortified houses, disposed by these rivers like the castles upon a chess-board. Finest of these old fortified mansions is the romantically situated and picturesquely design Askham Hall, now the rectory of Lowther, but situated in Askham village. It"
HP01p126.txt
Page 126:-  "stands high above the wooded Lowther, foaming down among its rocks under Lowther Park, and was originally the castellated seat of the Sandford family. The front is dour and forbidding enough, and the interior, although oak panelled and converted into a residence after the ideas that were modern two hundred and fifty years ago, does not commend itself as a cheerful residence. But the additions made at the side by Thomas Sandford in 1574 are exquisitely sketchable. They comprise a gatehouse and outbuildings enclosing a courtyard. The drip-moulding over the archway is in a peculiar style, resembling a cable; its ends finished off in the likeness of ammonites. Over the arch are the Sandford arms, with those of Crackanthorpe and Lancaster of Howgill, and this inscription, done in letters run oddly together:"
""
"Thomas . Sandford . Esquyr."
"Forthys . payd . meatahyr1"
"The . year . of . our . Savyore"
"XV . hundreth . seventyfour."
"The Sandfords ended at last, after three hundred years, in 1680."
item:-  JandMN : 1055.17
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evidence:-   site plan:- Historical Monuments 1936
placename:-  Askham Hall
source data:-   Site plan, uncoloured lithograph, Askham Hall, Askham, Westmorland, scale about 1 to 380, published by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, London, 1936.
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On p.21 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland. 
printed, upper left  "ASKHAM HALL"
RCHME no. Wmd, Askham 5 
item:-  Armitt Library : A745.18
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Askham Hall
item:-  date stone (1574)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"ASKHAM HALL / / / ASKHAM / EDEN / CUMBRIA / I / 74411 / NY5164023940"
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"TERRACE WALLS AND STEPS TO SOUTH OF ASKHAM HALL / / / ASKHAM / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74412 / NY5166023891"
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"GATEPIERS TO ASKHAM HALL / / / ASKHAM / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74414 / NY5161523832"
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BARN TO WEST OF ASKHAM HALL / / / ASKHAM / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74413 / NY5154623962"
evidence:-   old print:- Bogg 1898
placename:-  Askham Hall
source data:-   Print, engraving, Arms over Gateway, Askham Hall, Askham, Westmorland, by S Harrison, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.
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Included on p.128 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg. 
The inscription is:- 'THOMAS SANDFORD ESQ. FOR / THIS PAID MEAT & HYRE IN / THE YEAR OF OUR SAVIOURE / XV HUNDRED &SEVENTY FOURE' 
item:-  JandMN : 231.33
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hearsay:-  
 On the west wing is the coat of arms of Thomas Sandford and:-
"Thomas Sandford Esquyr for this payd meat and hyr The year of our Savyore XV hundreth seventy-four"
The Earl of Lonsdale lives here.
notes:-  
 14th century tower and hall etc

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan and illustration
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