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Skelsmergh Hall Farm, Skelsmergh
Skelsmergh Hall Farm
Skelsmergh Hall
civil parish:-   Skelsmergh (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD53179591
1Km square:-   SD5395
10Km square:-   SD59

photograph
BLL20.jpg  Skelsmergh Hall Farm and the Kiln Crofts development.
(taken 9.12.2005)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 34 13) 
placename:-  Skelsmergh 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
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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Ring of fence palings, trees, with Skelsmergh inside. 
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Sleelmere
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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"Sleelmere"
circle, tower, and a ring of fence palings for a park 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Sleelmere
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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"Sleelmere"
Buildings and tower. 
Ring of fence palings. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Sleelmere
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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JAN3SD59.jpg
"Sleelmere"
Buildings and tower. 
Ring of fence palings. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Skelsmoore hall
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Skelsmoore hall"
in  "Patton and Skelsmoore"
evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Skelsmere
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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"Skelsmere"
Ring of fence palings, trees?. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Skelsmergh Hall
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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"Skelsmergh 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 photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Skelsmergh Hall
source data:-   Photograph, Skelsmergh Hall, Skelsmergh, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1894.
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Vol.2 no.168 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "168. Skelsmergh Hall. Kendal. K."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3166.62
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evidence:-   old print:- Taylor 1892
placename:-  Skelsmergh Hall
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Skelsmergh Hall, Skelsmergh, Westmorland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, and by Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892.
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Tipped in opposite p.224 of The Old Manorial Halls of Cumberland and Westmorland, by Michael Waistell Taylor. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A785.49
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evidence:-   site plan:- Historical Monuments 1936
placename:-  Skelsmergh Hall
source data:-   Site plan, uncoloured lithograph, Skelsmergh Hall, Skelsmergh, Westmorland, scale about 1 to 290, published by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, London, 1936.
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On p.212 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland. 
printed, lower left  "SKELSMERGH / HALL"
RCHME no. Wmd, Skelsmergh 2 
item:-  Armitt Library : A745.127
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Skelsmergh Hall
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"SKELSMERGH HALL / / A6 / SKELSMERGH / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75745 / SD5317295914"
hearsay:-  
 The hall, built 15th century, was the home of the Leyburne Family.
notes:-  
 tower and hall

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