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Esthwaite Hall, Esthwaite
Esthwaite Hall
civil parish:-   Hawkshead (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD35769589
1Km square:-   SD3595
10Km square:-   SD39

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 5 6) 
placename:-  Esthwaite 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:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Estead 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
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"Estead Hall"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old print:- Heaton Cooper 1905 (edn 1908) 
placename:-  Esthwaite Hall Farm
item:-  shearingcruck frame
source data:-   Print, colour halftone, Sheep Shearing, Esthwaite Hall Farm, Hawkshead, Lancashire, from a watercolour painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 2nd edn 1908.
image  click to enlarge
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Opposite p.56 of The English Lakes, painted by Alfred Heaton Cooper, described by William T Palmer. 
printed at tissue opposite the print:-  "SHEEP-SHEARING, ESTHWAITE HALL FARM"
item:-  JandMN : 468.18
Image © see bottom of page

hearsay:-  
Edwin Sandys was born here, 1519. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London by Queen Mary, for his support of The Reformation. He was later Bishop of London and then Archbishop of York, from 1576. He founded Hawkshead Grammar School.

personal
person:-   clergyman
 : Sandys, EdwinYork, Archbishop of
place:-   birthplace
date:-   1519

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