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Crakeplace Hall, Dean
Crakeplace Hall
civil parish:-   Dean (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY07012402
1Km square:-   NY0724
10Km square:-   NY02


photograph
BPA12.jpg  The old building is masked by new work.
(taken 16.4.2008)  
photograph
BPA13.jpg  Date stone moved to a new porch:-
"1612 / CHRISTOPHER / CRAKE PLACE / BUILT THESA / MEWHE NHEWA / SSERVANTTOBARON / A[ ]THA[ ]" (taken 16.4.2008)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 62 6) 
placename:-  Crakeplace 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:-  Crakeplace 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
D4NY02SE.jpg
"Crakeplace Hall"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old print:- Taylor 1892
placename:-  Crakeplace Hall
item:-  date stone (1612); coat of arms
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Doorway, Crakeplace Hall, Dean, Cumberland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, and by Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892.
image  click to enlarge
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Inscription '[1612 / CHRISTOPHER / CRAKE PLACE / BUILT THE SA / ME WHE N HE WA / S SERVANT TO BARON / ALTHAM]'. 
Tipped in oppopiste p.326 of The Old Manorial Halls of Cumberland and Westmorland, by Michael Waistell Taylor. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A785.73
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Crakeplace Hall
item:-  date stone (1612)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CRAKEPLACE HALL / / / DEAN / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 72646 / NY0700424032"

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