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Killington Hall, Killington
Killington Hall
locality:-   Killington
civil parish:-   Killington (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD61308901
1Km square:-   SD6189
10Km square:-   SD68

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BMG53.jpg (taken 16.6.2006)  
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BMG55.jpg (taken 16.6.2006)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 39 16) 
placename:-  Hall
placename:-  Killington 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:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Killingworth Hall
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Killingworth Hall"
in  "Killington in Lonsdale ward"
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"
house 
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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CY24SD68.jpg
house symbol; large house 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Killington Park
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.
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"Killington Pk."
outline of fence palings; park 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.58
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Killington Park
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.
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FD02SD58.jpg
"Killington P."
Park. 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Killington Hall
source data:-   Photograph, Killington Hall, Killington, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1895.
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Vol.2 no.180 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "180. Killington Hall. Kirkby Lonsdale. L."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3166.74
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evidence:-   site plan:- Curwen 1913
placename:-  Killington Hall
source data:-   Site plan, lithograph, Killington Hall, Killington, Westmorland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1913.
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On p.378 of The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, by John F Curwen. 
printed at bottom:-  "Killington Hall:"
item:-  Armitt Library : A782.77
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evidence:-   site plan:- Historical Monuments 1936
placename:-  Killington Hall
source data:-   Site plan, uncoloured lithograph, Killington Hall, Killington, Westmorland, scale about 1 to 290, published by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, London, 1936.
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On p.132 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland. 
printed, lower right  "KILLINGTON HALL"
RCHME no. Wmd, Killington 2 
item:-  Armitt Library : A745.85
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Killington Hall
item:-  date stone (1640)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"KILLINGTON HALL / / / KILLINGTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75691 / SD6129689007"

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BTY71.jpg  Hood moulding, coat of arms and date stone:-
"I.U. 1803" (taken 28.1.2011)  
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BMG54.jpg  Coat of arms.
(taken 16.6.2006)  
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BTY72.jpg  Date stone:-
"P [ ] / TK / 1640 / LK" perhaps P for Pickering?
(taken 28.1.2011)  
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BTY73.jpg  Date stone:-
"AMR / 2003 / ACN" (taken 28.1.2011)  
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BTY70.jpg (taken 28.1.2011)  
notes:-  
 Believed built by Sir James de Pickering in the 15th century. Of this only the ruined south wing remains.

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BTY90.jpg  Embroidered kneeler, All Saints, Killington.
(taken 28.1.2011)  
notes:-  
 15th century tower and later hall

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