Hermitage, Hackthorpe | ||
locality:- | Hackthorpe | |
civil parish:- | Lowther (formerly Westmorland) | |
county:- | Cumbria | |
locality type:- | buildings | |
coordinates:- | NY54252326 (??) | |
1Km square:- | NY5423 | |
10Km square:- | NY52 | |
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evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 8 9) placename:- Hermitage, The |
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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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hearsay:- |
Jacob Thompson, eldest son of Merrick Thompson, was born on Langton Street, 1806.
His father, a Quaker, was a factory owner who had built Factory Yard, Friargate. Jacob
became an artist, exhibiting at Carlisle Academy of Art, and from 1831 at the Royal
Academy and the British Institution, London. After living in the south 1834-41, he
returned to live at The Hermitage, Hackthorpe, on the estate of Lord Lonsdale. He
died there, 1879, and is buried in the churchyard at Lowther. |
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CFF10.jpg courtesy of Penrith Museum |
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