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Ubarrow Hall, Longsleddale
Ubarrow Hall
Yewbarrow Hall
Uberry Hall
locality:-   Longsleddale
civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY50390261
1Km square:-   NY5002
10Km square:-   NY50

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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 15) 
placename:-  Ubarrow 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.
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"Ubarrow Hall"
Labelled in an english black letter face for Antiquities Saxon and Medieval. 
evidence:-   census returns:- 
placename:-  Ubarrowhall
placename:-  Yewbarrow Hall
placename:-  Ubarrow Hall
 old parish registers (formerly )
evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Ewbarrow 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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"Ewbarrow hall"
Circle. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Ewbarow 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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"Ewbarow Hall"
Building. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Ubarrow 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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"Ubarrow Hall"
circle and flag? 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Ewbarrow 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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"Ewbarrow Hall"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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evidence:-   old text:- Nicolson and Burn 1777
placename:-  Ubery Hall
placename:-  Ubarrow Hall
source data:-   Book, History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, 2 volumes, by Joseph Nicolson and Richard Burn, published by W Strahan and T Cadell, Strand, London, 1777.
pp.133-134  "The most considerable house in the dale was Ubery-hall, having an ancient tower, and the walls two yards thick. This seems to have been part of that which was granted to Robert de Leyburne aforesaid, and came with a daughter of Leyburne to a younger brother of Harrington in Wreysham in Lancashire, in whose name and family it continued for several generations. In the 28 Cha. 2. one of the Harringtons paid to queen Katherine a free rent of 1s for Ubarrow Hall."
evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Ewbarrow Hall
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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"Ewbarrow Hall"
house symbol; large house 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Hodgson 1828
placename:-  Yewbarrow Hall
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 4 sheets mounted together on linen and rolled, Plan of the County of Westmorland, scale about 1.25 inches to 1 mile, by Thomas Hodgson, engraved by W R Gardner, Harpur Street, London, published by Thomas Hodgson, Lancaster, and perhaps by C Smith, 172 Strand, London,1828.
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"Yewbarrow Hall"
item:-  private collection : 371
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 Kendal Corn Rent Act 1836
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Yewbarrow Hall
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
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Page 140:-  "..."
"[Longsleddale] ... The most interesting mansion in the dale is Yewbarrow Hall, having an ancient tower, whose walls are several feet thick."
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Page 160:-  "[Long Sleddale] ... Yewbarrow Hall is now occupied by a farmer."
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Whellan 1860
placename:-  Ubery Hall
placename:-  Yewbarrow Hall
source data:-   Book, History and Topography of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, by William Whellan, published by W Whellan and Co, Pontefract, Yorkshire, 1860
"... Ubery, or Yewbarrow Hall, was the most considerable house in the vale, and seems to have been the residence of a family bearing the name of Layburne; it is now a farm-house. ..."
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Yewbarrow Hall
source data:-   Photograph, Yewbarrow Hall, Longsleddale, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1895.
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Vol.2 no.169 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "169. Yewbarrow Hall. Longsleddale. Kendal. K."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3166.63
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Yewbarrow Hall
item:-  dairy (?)
source data:-   Photograph, Yewbarrow Hall, Vaulted Basement in Tower, Longsleddale, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1895.
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Vol.2 no.170 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "170. Yewbarrow Hall. Vaulted Basement in Tower. Kendal. K."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3166.64
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evidence:-   old map:- OS 1881-82 New Series (outline edition) 
source data:-   Map, engraving, area north of Kendal, Westmorland, New Series one inch map, outline edition, sheet 39, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1881-82.
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not labelled. 
item:-  JandMN : 61
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evidence:-   site plan:- Curwen 1913
placename:-  Ubarrow Hall
source data:-   Site plan, lithograph, Ubarrow Hall, Longsleddale, Westmorland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1913.
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On p.398 of The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, by John F Curwen. 
printed at middle:-  "Ubarrow Hall:"
printed at lower right:-  "J. F. C. i.x.13."
item:-  Armitt Library : A782.83
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evidence:-   text:- Curwen 1913
placename:-  Ubarrow Hall
placename:-  Ubery
source data:-   Book, The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, by John F Curwen, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1913.
p.399:-  "UBARROW HALL. W. 27, S.E."
"Ubery."
"FOUNDATION HISTORY:- "The most considerable house in the dale [Longsleddale] was Ubery Hall, having an ancient Tower and the walls 2 yards thick. This seems to have been part og that which was granted to Robert de Leyburne [temp. Henry III.] and came with a daughter of Leyburne to a younger btother of Harrington of Wreysham [Wraysholme] Lancashire, in whose name and family it continued for several generations. [Nicolson and Burn 1777]"
"1697. One of the Harringtons paid to Queen Katherine a free rent of 1s. for Ubarrow Hall."
"1762. Over the pig-styes is a long lintel for a two-light window; on the left-hand side are the initials H. W. I. and on the right hand side the date 1762."
"TOWER:- 32 by 22 feet."
"Height:- Lost by now being gabled over, but it is 24 feet to the eaves."
"Axis:- North and south."
"Walls:- North and south walls 6 feet thick, east and west walls 5 feet thick."
"Masonry:- Rough rubble ragstone, not pointed."
"Projections:- None."
"Entrance:- To first florr on the south side."
"Floors:- Vaulted basement and two storeys over. ..."
evidence:-   records:- Farrer and Curwen 1923
placename:-  Ubarrow Hall
item:-  marquis fee
source data:-   Records Relating to the Barony of Kendale, edited by William Farrer and John F Curwen, published by Titus Wilson and Son, Kendal, Westmorland, 1923.
"1676 : Mr. Harrington pays 1s. yearly for Ubarrow Hall in Sleddale (Marquis Fee)."
evidence:-   probably records:- Farrer and Curwen 1923
source data:-   Records Relating to the Barony of Kendale, edited by William Farrer and John F Curwen, published by Titus Wilson and Son, Kendal, Westmorland, 1923.
": James Harrington died 30 September, 4 James 1 (1606), and Thomas Harrington is his son and next heir, aged 35 years now. Chanc. Inq. p. mort., ser. ii, vol. 676, n. 138 and 148."
evidence:-   probably records:- Farrer and Curwen 1923
source data:-   Records Relating to the Barony of Kendale, edited by William Farrer and John F Curwen, published by Titus Wilson and Son, Kendal, Westmorland, 1923.
"1611 : Inquest taken at Kirkbie in Kendall, 31 August, 9 James I (1611), before John Lowther, esq., escheator, by oath of Edward Wilkinson, James Strickland, Miles Eskrigge, Phillip Winster, Richard Holme, Henry Brigges, Peter Mowson, Anthony Gilpin, Brian Walker, Peter Birkett, Adam Shepherd, Nicholas Cocke, Thomas Robinson and Robert Harryson, gentlemen, who say that James Harrington of Troutebecke, gentleman, long before his death was seised of a capital messuage and two other messuages, 40 acres land, 10 acres land, 10 acres meadow, 10 acres pasture in Longsleddale; also ... Premises in Longsleddall held of king by knight services as of his barony of Kendall and by a rent of 1s. or one hawk, worth yearly clear 20s. ..."
evidence:-   records:- Farrer and Curwen 1923
placename:-  Ubarrow Hall
item:-  marquis fee
source data:-   Records Relating to the Barony of Kendale, edited by William Farrer and John F Curwen, published by Titus Wilson and Son, Kendal, Westmorland, 1923.
"1593 : James Harrington (d. 1606) pays 1s. yearly for Ubarrow Hall in Sleddale (Marquis Fee); Roll at Levens."
evidence:-   records:- Farrer and Curwen 1923
placename:-  Yewbarrow Hall
item:-  maritagium; dowery
source data:-   Records Relating to the Barony of Kendale, edited by William Farrer and John F Curwen, published by Titus Wilson and Son, Kendal, Westmorland, 1923.
"1531 : William Vaux and Joan his wife passed by fine to Anne Haryngton and Thomas Haryngton tenements in Langsleydayll [probably including Yewbarrow Hall]; Feet of Fines, 24 Henry VIII."
": A daughter of [Robert] Layburne married [Nicholas] Harrington and had Yewbarrow Hall as her maritagium or dower."
evidence:-   descriptive text:- 
source data:-   Royal Commission on Historical Monuments in England: 1936: Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland: HMSO "UBARROW HALL, ... is of two storeys; the walls are of rubble and the roofs are slate-covered. The pele-tower forming the S.W. part of the house is of late medieval date, but the existing wing to the N.E. was added or rebuilt in the 17th century. The tower (32 ft. by 22 ft. externally) is now of two storeys but was formerly higher. It is lit by rectangular windows, some of them probably enlargements from earlier loops. The ground-stage has a plain barrel-vault and the floor above had a circular staircase in the E. angle. The existing roof is of king-post type and probably of the 16th century. The 17th-century wing has some exposed ceiling-beams, a two-stage cupboard of the local type, with pendants and fluted fascia and some panelled doors of the same age."
evidence:-   textbook:- EPNS Westmorland 1967
placename:-  Ubarrehall
placename:-  Ubarrow hall
placename:-  Uberryhall & Uberyhall
placename:-  Yewbarrow
source data:-   Book, The Place Names of Westmorland, two volumes, by A H Smith, published for the English Place Name Society by Cambridge University Press, Cambridgeshire, 1967
 census records
 directory entries
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Yewbarrow Hall
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"YEWBARROW HALL / / / LONGSLEDDALE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76409 / NY5040302597"
evidence:-   map:- OS Six Inch (1956) 
placename:-  Ubarrow Hall
source data:-   Map series, various editions with the national grid, scale about 6 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s, then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on demand from digital data.
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"Ubarrow Hall"
evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Wilson 1913
placename:-  Yewbarrow
source data:-   Book, New Shepherd's Guide for Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, by Thomas Wilson, 1913.
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"Thomas Cragg, Yewbarrow; cropped both ears, red pop on both hocks, W C on horn, K on near ribs."
item:-  private collection : 329
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Gate 1879
placename:-  Yewbarrow
source data:-   Book, New Shepherd's Guide for Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, published by Daniel Gate, Keswick, Cumberland, 1879.
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"THOMAS KITCHEN, Yewbarrow; cropped both, pop on both hocks, TK on horn."
item:-  Kendal Library : 38
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Lamb 1937
placename:-  Yewbarrow Hall
source data:-   Book, Lamb's Shepherds' Guide for Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, by R H Lamb, published by the Herald Printing Co, Penrith, Cumberland, 1937.
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"Jos. Clark, Yewbarrow Hall. Cropped both ears, red pop on both hooks, K on near ribs, J C burn on both horns."
item:-  Kendal Library : 40
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notes:-  
 15th century tower

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan and illustrations
notes:-  
 The Westmorland Gazette 4 July 1986 has a photo of the pele with its forestair and first floor entrance.
hearsay:-  
 Over the pig styes is an old lintel:-
"[H / I W 1762]"

Palmer 1945
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