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Meaburn Hall, Maulds Meaburn
Meaburn Hall
Maulds Meaburn Hall
locality:-   Maulds Meaburn
civil parish:-   Crosby Ravensworth (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY62401707
1Km square:-   NY6217
10Km square:-   NY61

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BME37.jpg (taken 30.5.2006)  
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BTW31.jpg (taken 7.1.2011)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 14 12) 
placename:-  Meaburn 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:-  Grange
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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J5NY61NW.jpg
"Grange"
house, avenues of trees, plantations 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Grange
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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CY24NY61.jpg
"Grange"
house symbol; large house, and an avenue of trees to a wood 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Meaburn Hall
source data:-   Photograph, Meaburn Hall, Maulds Meaburn, Crosby Ravensworth, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1896.
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Vol.1 no.95 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "95. Meaburn Hall. Crosby Ravensworth. W."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.95
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evidence:-   old print:- Curwen 1913
placename:-  Maulds Meaburn Hall
item:-  lintel; date stone (1616)
source data:-   Print, lithograph, Doorhead to Garden Entrance at Maulds Meaburn Hall, Maulds Meaburn, Westmorland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1913.
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On p.306 of The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, by John F Curwen. 
printed at bottom:-  "DOOR HEAD TO GARDEN ENT. / AT / MAULDS MEABURN HALL / WESTMORLAND"
item:-  Armitt Library : A782.59
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Curwen 1913
placename:-  Meaburn Hall
item:-  gate piers; bicycle
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Meaburn Hall, Gateway, showing spiral ornament, Maulds Meaburn, Westmorland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1913.
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CW0160.jpg
Tipped in opposite p.306 of The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, by John F Curwen. 
printed at bottom:-  "MEABURN HALL, GATEWAY / ..."
item:-  Armitt Library : A782.60
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Maulds Meaburn Hall
item:-  date stone (1610); date stone (1676)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MAULDS MEABURN HALL / / / CROSBY RAVENSWORTH / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 74058 / NY6239817075"
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"GARDEN WALLS AND GATEPIERS TO FRONT OF MAULDS MEABURN HALL / / / CROSBY RAVENSWORTH / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 74059 / NY6243917083"
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"2 SUMMER HOUSES ON BOWLING GREEN IMMEDIATELY TO SOUTH OF MAULDS MEABURN HALL / / / CROSBY RAVENSWORTH / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 74060 / NY6240017011"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Summer houses, said to be C18 but may be earlier. Ashlar fronts, coursed, squared rubble to returns and rear. Hipped, graduated slate roofs. Mirror- images. Each a single storey, single bay; cellar to rear. Central plank door with small window to either side and window to each return. Left-hand summer house has fixed windows with glazing bars; right-hand summer house is unglazed. String runs across above openings on front face; eaves cornice is carried round on all 4 sides."

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BTW32.jpg  Gate piers.
(taken 7.1.2011)  
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CDT50.jpg  Spirals on gate pier, left.
(taken 28.8.2015)  
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CDT51.jpg  Spirals on gate pier, right.
(taken 28.8.2015)  
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BTW33.jpg  One of the pair of summer houses,
(taken 7.1.2011)  

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CDT52.jpg  Eggs for sale across the road.
(taken 28.8.2015)  
hearsay:-  
 Dates from the 17th century; once owned by the Lowther Family; it had a bowling green, and summerhouses in its pleasure grounds.
The yews are said to have been planted, to supply wood for bows and arrows, before the Battle of Agincourt, 1314.
hearsay:-  
 Date stone over an archway in the farm yard:-
"R. L. / 1693"
for Richard Lowther.

Robertson, Dawn & Koronka, Peter: 1992: Secrets and Legends of Old Westmorland: Pagan Press (Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria) &Cumbria CC (library service)
notes:-  
 early hall and later tower, all replaced

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