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| Brandelhow Park, Above Derwent | ||
| Brandelhow Park | ||
| Brandlehow Park | ||
| locality:- | Brandelhow | |
| civil parish:- | Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | park | |
| coordinates:- | NY25102057 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2520 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY22 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 13) placename:- Brandlehow Park |
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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. OS County Series (Cmd 64 14) |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Clarke 1787 placename:- Branley Park |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland,
and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93. goto sourcePage 84:- "... Sailing along the side of Branley-Park, view the several delightful creeks and bays: when the sun has left this side of the Lake in the afternoon, the views on the other side are much more beautiful. This estate was lately purchased by Lord William Gordon, who is building a handsome house at Water-end, ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Der) placename:- Branley Park |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of Derwentwater and its Environs,
scale about 13 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J
Neele, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in
London etc, 1787. CL152520.jpg "BRANLEY PARK / LORD WILLIAM GORDON" woodland item:- private collection : 169 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print with text:- Farington 1789 (plate 3) |
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| source data:- | Print, engraving, View of Skiddaw and Derwentwater, painted by Joseph Farington, engraved
by B T Pouncy, published by W Byrne, 79 Titchfield Street, London, 1785. click to enlargeBMZ89.jpg Taken from the lake margin in Brandlehow Park. Plate 3 from Views of the Lakes, &c, in Cumberland and Westmorland, published 1789; with descriptive text:- "A VIEW of SKIDDAW and DERWENTWATER. ... as seen from Brandelow-Woods on its Western Shore. ..." item:- Dove Cottage : Lowther.53 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
The 108 acres were in danger of being bought by a property developer so Miss Octavia
Hill and Canon Hardwick Drummond Rawnsley raised, in six months, the L6500 needed
to purchase it for the National Trust. |
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| "Brandlehow / The First Property of the National Trust in this District / was opened
16th October 1902 by / H.R.H. The Princess Louise / Four Oaks were planted by / Princess
Louise / Miss Octavia Hill / Sir Robert Hunter / Canon H. D. Rawnsley" |
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| Richardson, Keith: 2011: Jack's Yak: River Greta Writer (Keswick, Cumbria):: ISBN
978 0 9559640 2 2 |
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| person:- | : National Trust |
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