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Gaythorne Hall, Asby
Gaythorne Hall
locality:-   Gaythorne
civil parish:-   Asby (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY64961327
1Km square:-   NY6413
10Km square:-   NY61

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CFV88.jpg (taken 3.3.2017)  
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CFW02.jpg (taken 3.3.2017)  
evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Gathorn hall
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Gathorn hall"
in  "Asby winderwath"
evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Gathorn Hall
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.
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"Gathorn Hall"
Circle, tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Gathorn Hall
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
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"Gathorn Hall"
Circle. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Gathorn 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.
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"Gathorn Hall"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Gathorn 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.
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"Gathorn Hall"
house 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Gathorn Hall
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Gathorn Hall"
house symbol; large house 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Gaythorn Hall
source data:-   Photograph, Gaythorn Hall, Asby, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1896.
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Vol.1 no.15 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "15. / Gaythorn Hall. Asby. E."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.15
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Gaythorn Hall
item:-  porch
source data:-   Photograph, Gaythorn Hall, Porch, Asby, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1896.
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Vol.1 no.16 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "16. / Gaythorn Hall, Porch. Asby. E."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.16
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evidence:-   site plan:- Historical Monuments 1936
placename:-  Gaythorn Hall
source data:-   Site plan, uncoloured lithograph, Gaythorn Hall, Asby, Westmorland, scale about 1 to 420, published by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, London, 1936.
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On p.16 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland. 
printed, upper left  "GAYTHORN HALL, ASBY"
RCHME no. Wmd, Asby 6 
item:-  Armitt Library : A745.13
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Gaythorne Hall
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"GAYTHORNE HALL / / / ASBY / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 73255 / NY6496113278"

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CFV89.jpg (taken 3.3.2017)  
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CFV90.jpg  Door arch.
(taken 3.3.2017)  
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CFV91.jpg  Coat of arms, Bellingham Family.
(taken 3.3.2017)  
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CFW01.jpg (taken 3.3.2017)  

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CFV92.jpg  Carving in doorway, ?fertility symbol
(taken 3.3.2017)  courtesy of the farmer
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CFV93.jpg  Carving on lhs door jamb; face, and ruff.
(taken 3.3.2017)  courtesy of the farmer
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CFV94.jpg  Carving on lhs door jamb; face.
(taken 3.3.2017)  courtesy of the farmer

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CFV95.jpg  Walling.
(taken 3.3.2017)  
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CFV96.jpg  Quoins.
(taken 3.3.2017)  
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CFV97.jpg  Window.
(taken 3.3.2017)  
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CFV98.jpg  Window.
(taken 3.3.2017)  
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CFV99.jpg  Door.
(taken 3.3.2017)  
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 The hall was used as Wildfell Hall for the BBC TV film of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, from the story by Anne Bronte.

Bronte, Anne: 1848: Tenant of Wildfell Hall, The
hearsay:-  
 There is a dated rainwater head:-
"[IG / 1702]"
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