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| Lammerside Castle, Wharton | ||
| Lammerside Castle | ||
| Castle Dolorous | ||
| Lambert's Seat | ||
| locality:- | Lammerside | |
| locality:- | Wharton | |
| civil parish:- | Wharton (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | castle | |
| coordinates:- | NY77240477 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7704 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY70 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 30 7) placename:- Lammerside Castle |
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| 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. "Lammerside Castle (In Ruins)" |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Pennant 1773 placename:- Lamerside Hall placename:- Dolorous Tower |
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| source data:- | Book, A Tour from Downing to Alston Moor, 1773, by Thomas
Pennant, published by Edward Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1801. goto sourcePennant's Tour 1773, page 131 "I proceeded along a narrow vale watered by the Eden, and passed by a very ancient square tower called Lamerside-hall, formerly by the sad name of the Dolorous Tower. Something was told me of a Sir Tarquin and Sir Caledos, so that probably the place had been the subject of dire adventure." |
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| evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s placename:- Lammerside Castle |
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| source data:- | Photograph, Lammerside Castle and River Eden, Wharton and Mallerstang, Westmorland,
by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1894. click to enlargeHB0026.jpg Vol.1 no.26 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. ms at bottom:- "26. Lammerside Castle and River Eden. Kirkby Stephen. E." item:- Armitt Library : 1958.3165.26 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s placename:- Lammerside Castle |
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| source data:- | Photograph, Lammerside Castle from the North East, Wharton, Westmorland, by Herbert
Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1894. click to enlargeHB0027.jpg Vol.1 no.27 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. ms at bottom:- "27. Lammerside Castle from the North East. Kirkby Stephen. E." item:- Armitt Library : 1958.3165.27 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s placename:- Lammerside Castle |
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| source data:- | Photograph, Lammerside Castle from the South West, Wharton, Westmorland, by Herbert
Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1894. click to enlargeHB0028.jpg Vol.1 no.28 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. ms at bottom:- "28. Lammerside Castle from the South West. Kirkby Stephen. E." item:- Armitt Library : 1958.3165.28 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s placename:- Lammerside Castle |
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| source data:- | Photograph, Lammerside Castle, Vaulting of the Basement, Wharton, Westmorland, by
Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1894. click to enlargeHB0029.jpg Vol.1 no.29 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. ms at bottom:- "29. Lammerside Castle, Vaulting of the Basement. Kirkby Stephen. E." item:- Armitt Library : 1958.3165.29 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s placename:- Lammerside Castle |
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| source data:- | Photograph, Lammerside Castle, Vaulting of the Basement, Wharton, Westmorland, by
Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1894. click to enlargeHB0030.jpg Vol.1 no.30 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. ms at bottom:- "30. Lammerside Castle, Vaulting of the Basement. Kirkby Stephen. E." item:- Armitt Library : 1958.3165.30 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | site plan:- Historical Monuments 1936 placename:- Lammerside Castle |
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| source data:- | Site plan, uncoloured lithograph, Wharton Lammerside Castle, Wharton, Westmorland,
scale about 1 to 290, published by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England,
London, 1936. click to enlargeHMW141.jpg On p.240 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland. printed, top "WHARTON / LAMMERSIDE CASTLE" RCHME no. Wmd, Wharton 1 item:- Armitt Library : A745.142 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Lammerside Castle |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "LAMMERSIDE CASTLE / / / WHARTON / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73045 / NY7725604772" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Surviving remains originally formed part of C14 building's central core. Coursed, squared rubble walls partially robbed. Barrel-vaulted ground floor and some of 1st floor still stands. Scheduled Monument. See R.C.H.M. for detailed description." |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Braithwaite 1922 placename:- Lammerside Castle |
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| source data:- | Print, halftone photograph, Lammerside Castle, Wharton, Westmorland, published by
J W Braithwaite and Sons, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, 1922. click to enlargeBT0103.jpg Included in a guide book, Kirkby Stephen, 4th edn 1922. printed at bottom:- "LAMMERSIDE CASTLE, 2 MILES FROM KIRKBY STEPHEN." item:- private collection : 220.3 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Pennant 1773 (edn 1801) placename:- Lamerside Hall |
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| source data:- | Print, engraving, Lamerside Hall, ie Lammerside Castle, Wharton, Westmorland, drawn
by Moses Griffith, engraved by I Sparrow, published by Edward Harding, 98 Pall Mall,
London, 1801. click to enlargePEN616.jpg Tipped in opposite p.130 of A Tour from Downing to Alston Moor, 1773, by Thomas Pennant. printed at bottom left, right, centre:- "Moses Griffith. Del / I Sparrow. Sc / LAMERSIDE HALL / Pub June 1 1801 by Edw Harding 98 Pall Mall." item:- Armitt Library : A1057.16 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
13th or 14th century pele. |
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| In the time of King Arthur this was Castle Dolorous, home of the giant Sir Tarquin.
Sir Tarquin was a Saxon warrior who eat small boys. |
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| The Wharton or de Querton Family lived here. |
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| Thomas Warcop lived here in 1422, and his family lived here till the 16th century,
after which thecastle decayed. The castle was then known as Lambert's Seat. |
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| Robertson, Dawn & Koronka, Peter: 1992: Secrets and Legends of Old Westmorland: Pagan
Press (Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria) &Cumbria CC (library service) |
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| notes:- |
14th century tower with rebuilt hall |
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| Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS::
ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan and illustration |
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