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Lorton Hall, Low Lorton
Lorton Hall
locality:-   Low Lorton
civil parish:-   Lorton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY15292580
1Km square:-   NY1525
10Km square:-   NY12
MN photo:-  
 Pele; attached living range, 1663; and more additions 1880.

photograph
BLZ94.jpg (taken 3.5.2006)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 55 13) 
placename:-  Lorton 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) 
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
D4NY12NW.jpg
"Hall / Thos. P. Barnes Esqr."
house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Lorton Hall
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
image
FD02NY12.jpg
"Lorton Hall"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Lorton Hall
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"LORTON HALL / / / LORTON / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72670 / NY1528125763"
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"FOUNTAIN IN FRONT OF LORTON HALL / / / LORTON / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72671 / NY1530025767"

photograph
BVO84.jpg  Gate.
(taken 1.11.2011)  
notes:-  
 possible pele tower

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