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| Stair House, Stair | ||
| Stair House | ||
| locality:- | Stair | |
| civil parish:- | Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY23572119 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2321 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY22 | |
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 BOQ36.jpg and Stair Cottage beyond. (taken 13.2.2008)  BOQ37.jpg Date stone:- "F F 1647" (taken 13.2.2008) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Stair House item:- date stone (1647) |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "STAIR HOUSE / / / ABOVE DERWENT / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 473493 / NY2359821188" |
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| hearsay:- |
The inscription has been incorrectly cited as TF 1647, and ascribed by wishful thinking
to Thomas Fairfax, commander of the Parliamentary army during the Civil War, who is
said to have stayed there. |
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