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| Wood Hall, Bridekirk | ||
| Wood Hall | ||
| civil parish:- | Bridekirk (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | garden | |
| coordinates:- | NY12503236 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1232 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY13 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 45 16) placename:- Wood Hall |
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| 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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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Wood Hall |
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| 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. D4NY13SW.jpg "Wood Hall" house item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) placename:- Wood Hall |
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| source data:- | Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181
Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802. goto source click to enlargeC38557.jpg page 557-558 "On the r. of Cockermouth are Wood Hall, J. Fisher, Esq. ..." item:- JandMN : 228.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Ford 1839 map placename:- Wood Hall |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of
Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles
to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R
Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843. FD02NY13.jpg "Wood Hall" Building and park. item:- JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Rose 1832-35 (vol.1 no.51) placename:- Wood Hall |
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| source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Wood Hall, near Cockermouth, Cumberland, drawn by Thomas
Allom, engraved by W le Petit, published by Fisher, Son and Co, London, 1832-35. click to enlargePR0019.jpg vol.1 pl.51 in the set of prints, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland Illustrated. printed at bottom left, right, centre:- "T. Allom. / W Le Petit. / WOOD HALL, NEAR COCKERMOUTH." item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.19 Image © see bottom of page |
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| notes:- |
Wood Hall was enlarged by its owner, Edward T Tyson, who asked Thomas H Mawson to
landscape the gardens, 1910. The architect was C Ferguson. It is now demolished. |
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| The house has a south facing site whose view of the Cocker Valley was painted by Turner. |
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| The gardens are illustrated in The Art and Craft of Garden Making, 5th edn fig.506.
The summer house is illustrated in the 4th edn fig.433. |
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| Waymark, Janet: 2009: Thomas Mawson, Life, Gardens and Landscapes: Lincoln, Francis
(London) Longville, Tim &Corbett, Val (photr): 2007: Gardens of the Lake District: Lincoln, Frances (London) |
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