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| meeting house, Pardshaw Hall | ||
| Pardshaw Hall Meeting House | ||
| Dean Meeting House | ||
| locality:- | Pardshaw Hall | |
| civil parish:- | Dean (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | meeting house | |
| locality type:- | quaker meeting | |
| locality type:- | quaker burial ground | |
| locality type:- | chapel | |
| locality type:- | school (ex) | |
| coordinates:- | NY10372548 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1025 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY12 | |
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 BWC28.jpg Meeting house. (taken 19.3.2012)  BWC30.jpg Date stone, on the stable:- "1672" (taken 19.3.2012) |
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| The date stone was rescued from the first meeting house on the site. The present building
was erected 1729. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 62 3) |
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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. "Friends Meeting House / Grave Yard" |
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| evidence:- | text:- placename:- Pardshaw Meeting House |
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| source data:- | : : Quaker Administrative History "PARDSHAW, Cumb, after 1974 Cumbr ... 1672 meeting house NY102253 ... 1729 meeting
house NY104245" "1668-1923 ... Pardshaw MM" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Backhouse 1773 placename:- Pardshaw meeting |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Map of the Meetings belonging to
the Quarterly Meetings of Lancaster, Westmorland, Cumberland,
Northumberland, Durham and York, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch,
by James Backhouse, engraved by Thomas Kitchin, published by
James Backhouse, Darlington, Durham, 1773. BKH2Prds.jpg labelled:- "Pardshaw / 0.5" meeting day Thursday item:- private collection : 224 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | drawing:- Butler 1978 placename:- Pardshaw Meeting House |
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| source data:- | Pardshaw Meeting House drawn by David Butler and published in Quaker Meeting Houses
of the Lake Counties by David M Butler, by the Friends Historical Society, 1978 courtesy of David Butler  click to enlargePR1499.jpg  click to enlargePR1500.jpg  click to enlargePR1501.jpg item:- private collection : 377 Images © Friends Historical Society |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Friends' Meeting House |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "FRIENDS' MEETING HOUSE / / / DEAN / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72642 / NY1037825463" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Friends' Meeting House now used as Youth Holiday Centre. 1729 on earlier site. Whitewashed calficerous sandstone rubble walls, under graduated greenslate roof with whitewashed rubble chimney stack. Single storey, 5 bays with rear extension forming overall T-shape. Front has sash and casement windows with glazing bars in painted stone architraves. Right return wall has plank door and casement windows, under small loft doorway, all in painted stone surrounds. Rear Women's meeting-room extension has one original sash window with broad glazing bars in stone architrave. Interior retains some of its movable benches." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Friends' Schoolroom item:- date stone (1672) |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "FRIENDS' SCHOOLROOM / / / DEAN / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72643 / NY1035825468" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "School and stables now part of Youth Holiday Centre. 1745 incorporating outbuilding dated 1672 and part of 1731 stables. Whitewashed rubble walls, under graduated greenslate roof with rebuilt brick chimney stacks. Single storey, 3 bays, with left right-angled stables, forming overall L-shape. Plank door in plain opening. Old sash and casement windows with glazing bars in plain reveals. Former stables have plank door in chamfered surround with lintel dated 1672. Blocked 2-light stone-mullioned window. Rear wall facing road has plank door in alternate-block surround and double old plank door in plain opening. Old casement windows with glazing bars in painted stone surrounds and external plank shutters. Right lavatory extension is not of interest. Listed for group value with Pardshaw Friends' Meeting House." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "WALL OF BURIAL GROUND IN FRONT OF FRIENDS' MEETING HOUSE / / / DEAN / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72644 / NY1039825506" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Friends' Burial Ground wall. Early C18. Low sandstone rubble wall of irregular height enclosing burial ground on 3 sides. Listed for group value with Pardshaw Friends' Meeting House." |
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| MN photo:- |
The northerly part of the roadside building, left as you face it, was the school.
John Dalton attended this school. |
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 BNK60.jpg The roadside building. (taken 24.3.2007)  BWC26.jpg The roadside building. (taken 19.3.2012)  BWC29.jpg School. (taken 19.3.2012)  BWC27.jpg Sign. (taken 19.3.2012) |
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| Butler 1978 |
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| person:- | scientist : Dalton, John |
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| place:- | school | |
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