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| Blackwell Hall, Blackwell | ||
| Blackwell Hall | ||
| locality:- | Blackwell | |
| civil parish:- | St Cuthbert Without (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY39845299 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3952 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY35 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 23 11) placename:- Blackwell Hall |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) placename:- Bleck Hall |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1
inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the
Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the
Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715. MD12NY45.jpg "Bleck Hall" Drawing of a house. item:- JandMN : 90 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
The hall is now the 'race course house'. |
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| Prince Charles Edward Stuart stayed here 10 November 1745. On a ground floor room,
Bonnie Prince Charlie's room, is said to have been an oak cupboard concealing an underground
passage leading to the river side. |
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