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Dockray Hall, Kendal
gone
Dockray Hall
Dockwray Hall
locality:-   Kendal
civil parish:-   Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   building/s (gone?) 
coordinates:-   SD51359345 (estimate) 
1Km square:-   SD5193
10Km square:-   SD59

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 38 4) 
placename:-  Dockray Hall
placename:-  Dockray Hall Barn
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.
"Dockray Hall Barn / Site of Dockray Hall"

evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611
placename:-  Dockrey Hall
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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SP14Mk.jpg
"A Dockrey Hall"
walled buildings and tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38) 
placename:-  Dockrey Hall
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, continuation of the Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
image
OG38m257.jpg
In mile 257, Westmoreland.  "Dockrey hall"
drawing of a house, left of a road out of Kendal. 
item:-  JandMN : 21
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 93) 
placename:-  Dockrey Hall
source data:-   Strip maps, uncoloured engravings, road maps, The Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections in Lancashire and Westmorland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.
image
B093m252.jpg
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.100
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Dockrey Hall
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
image
BO18SD49.jpg
"Dockrey H."
circle and line 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770
placename:-  Docre 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.
image
J55193H.jpg
"Docre Hall"
building/s 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Doker 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.
image
J5SD59SW.jpg
"Doker Hall"
house 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Doker Hall
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24SD59.jpg
"Doker Hall"
house symbol; large house 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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notes:-  
site of tower and hall

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

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