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Camerton Hall, Camerton
Camerton Hall
civil parish:-   Camerton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY03303062
1Km square:-   NY0330
10Km square:-   NY03


photograph
BNR05.jpg (taken 14.5.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 53 4) 
placename:-  Camerton Hall
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.

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Cammerton Hall
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
image
D4NY03SW.jpg
"Cammerton Hall"
house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Camerton Hall
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CAMERTON HALL / / / CAMERTON / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72227 / NY0331630580"

notes:-  
Possible traces of a tower 'close to where the dining room now is'.

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

hearsay:-  
Perhaps designed by Inigo Jones? Built on the site of a pele tower, 14th century.

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