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Wordsworth House, Cockermouth
Wordsworth House
Street:-   Main Street
locality:-   Cockermouth
civil parish:-   Cockermouth (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY11863068
1Km square:-   NY1130
10Km square:-   NY13

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BYP24.jpg (taken 18.6.2013)  
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CHC62.jpg  Front garden.
(taken 30.3.2018)  
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, Wordsworth House, birthplace of William Wordsworth, Cockermouth, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0836.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS500
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, terrace walk in the garden of Wordsworth House, Cockermouth, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0837.jpg
stamped at reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS501
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"GARDEN AND FORECOURT WALLING, AND GATE PIERS TO WORDSWORTH HOUSE / / MAIN STREET / COCKERMOUTH / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / I / 71716 / NY1186230705"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Mid C18 house, where William Wordsworth was born in 1770. Open to the public. 2 storeys, stone, projecting stone quoins with V joints. Entrance has 8-panelled door in 2 halves, and 2 Doric columns on pedestals with moulded entablature. 9 sash windows above with moulded stone dressings, and glazing bars. Small garden in front with stone walling, and gate piers of stone with moulded caps and ornament. Wordsworth House forms a group with Nos 2 and 4, The Trout Hotel and Grecian Villa, Crown Street."
evidence:-   old print:- Robertson 1911
source data:-   Print, lithograph? Wordsworth's Birthplace, Cockermouth, from a watercolour by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
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RSN106.jpg
Tipped in opposite p.18 of Wordsworthshire by Eric Robertson. 
printed at bottom:-  "WORDWORTH'S BIRTHPLACE, COCKERMOUTH"
signed at painting lower left:-  "Arthur Tucker"
item:-  JandMN : 197.6
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evidence:-   old print:- Robertson 1911
item:-  Micklebrows
source data:-   Print, lithograph? Micklebrows, seen from John Wordsworth's Garden, Cockermouth, from a watercolour by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
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RSN110.jpg
Tipped in opposite p.32 of Wordsworthshire by Eric Robertson. 
printed at bottom:-  "MICKLEBROWS, SEEN FROM JOHN WORDSWORTH'S GARDEN, COCKERMOUTH"
signed at painting lower left:-  "Arthur Tucker"
item:-  JandMN : 197.10
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evidence:-   old print:- Bogg 1898
source data:-   Print, engraving, Wordsworth's Birthplace, Cockermouth, Cumberland, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.
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Included on p.192 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg. 
item:-  JandMN : 231.73
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evidence:-   old print:- Goodwin 1887 (edn 1890) 
source data:-   Print, etching? Wordsworth's Birthplace, Cockermouth, Cumberland, by Harry Goodwin, published by Swan Sonnenschein and Co, Paternoster Square, London, 1890.
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PR1573.jpg
Tipped in opposite p.8 of Through the Wordsworth Country, by William Knight. 
printed at lower centre:-  "Wordsworth's birth-place - Cockermouth"
item:-  JandMN : 382.3
Image © see bottom of page

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CHC63.jpg  Porch
(taken 30.3.2018)  
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CHC64.jpg  Boot scraper.
(taken 30.3.2018)  
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CHD03.jpg  Rainwater head:-
"1748" (taken 30.3.2018)  
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CHC70.jpg  Clock dial, James Simpson, Cockermouth.
(taken 30.3.2018)  
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CHC71.jpg  Print, view of Whitehaven.
(taken 30.3.2018)  

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CHC65.jpg  Front office.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHC66.jpg  Fireplace.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust

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CHC67.jpg  Dining room.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHC68.jpg  Fireplace.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHC69.jpg  View of Cockermouth.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust

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CHC72.jpg  Back office.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust

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CHC73.jpg  Kitchen
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHC74.jpg  Kitchen range etc.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHC75.jpg  Cooks.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHC76.jpg (taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHC77.jpg  Gearing of a smoke jack.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHC78.jpg  Spit.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHC79.jpg  Plate racks.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHC80.jpg  Pestle and mortar.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust

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CHC81.jpg  Common parlour.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHC82.jpg  Desser.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHC83.jpg  Portrait of William Wordworth.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHC84.jpg  Fireplace.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust

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CHC85.jpg  Mrs Wordsworth's bedroom.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHC86.jpg  Mirror.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust

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CHC87.jpg  Mr Wordsworth's bedroom.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust

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CHC88.jpg  Children's bedroom
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHC89.jpg  Fireplace, and guard.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHC90.jpg  Baby walker etc.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust

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CHC91.jpg  Drawing room
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHC92.jpg  Fireplace.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHC93.jpg  Playing cards.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHC94.jpg  Harpsichord, by Robert Deegan, Lancaster, 2006.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHC95.jpg  Harpsichord maker:-
"Robert Deegan . Lancaster 2006" (taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHC96.jpg  Bureau.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHC97.jpg  Plasterwork.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHC98.jpg  Plasterwork.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust

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CHC99.jpg  Garden.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHD01.jpg  Garden.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
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CHD02.jpg  Pump.
(taken 30.3.2018)  courtesy of the National Trust
hearsay:-  
 Built for Joshua Lucock, Sheriff of Cumberland, 1746. Sold to the Lowther Family; rented to John Wordsworth who was land agent and attorney for Sir James Lowther, from 1766. William Wordsworth born here 7 April 1770.
Of the other children: Christopher born here 1774 became Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.
personal
person:-   poet
 : Wordsworth, William
place:-   birthplace
date:-   7.4.1770
personal
person:-   author
 : Wordsworth, Dorothy
place:-   birthplace
date:-   25.12.1771
person:-    : National Trust
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