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Moresby Hall, Parton
Moresby Hall
locality:-   Parton
civil parish:-   Parton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NX98342097
1Km square:-   NX9820
10Km square:-   NX92

photograph
BJY08.jpg (taken 14.10.2005)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 61 10) 
placename:-  Moresby 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
D4NX92SE.jpg
"Hall"
house near Moresby 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Moresby Hall
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MORESBY HALL / / / PARTON / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / I / 76148 / NX9834220970"
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"FARM OUTBUILDING IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF MORESRBY HALL (AND FARMHOUSE) / / / PARTON / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 459560 / NX9835221012"
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"ENTRANCE WALLS AND GATE PIERS TO MORESBY HALL / / / PARTON / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76149 / NX9833420940"
notes:-  
 tower and hall included in farmhouse at rear of 17th century house

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan and illustration
notes:-  
 Mary Queen of Scots is said to have stayed here.
There is a priest's hole. It is said that a roman catholic friend was hidden in it by the squire, but the squire was called away and the friend was left to starve to death.
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