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Raisgill Hall, Orton S
Raisgill Hall
locality:-   Raisgill
civil parish:-   Orton S (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY63560581
1Km square:-   NY6305
10Km square:-   NY60
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 29 5) 
placename:-  Raisgill 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:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Raisgill Hall
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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Tower, symbol for a house, hall, tower, etc.  "Raisgill hall"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Raisgill Hall
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"Raisgill Hall"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Raisgill Hall
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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"Raisgill hall"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Rasgill
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Rasgill"
in  "Raisbeck"
evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Raisgill 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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"Raisgill hall"
Circle; the engraving botched. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  Seasgill Hall
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
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"Seasgill Hall"
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Beasgill 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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"Beasgill Hall"
Building. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Raisgill 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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"Raisgill Hall"
circle and flag? 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
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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"Hall"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
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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"Hall"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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photograph
BOI62.jpg  Dunning's van at Orton Farmers Market.
(taken 10.11.2007)  
photograph
BOI63.jpg  Dunning's van at Orton Farmers Market.
(taken 10.11.2007)  

photograph
BOI61.jpg  Map marking three Rough Fell sheep farmers, Dunning, Knowles, and Wilson, on a van at Orton Farmers Market.
(taken 10.11.2007)  
photograph
BOI64.jpg  Signwriter's mark, The Sign Man, on Dunning's van.
(taken 10.11.2007)  
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