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| Dovenby Hall, Dovenby | ||
| Dovenby Hall | ||
| locality:- | Dovenby | |
| civil parish:- | Bridekirk (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | haunted house | |
| coordinates:- | NY09483319 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY0933 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY03 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 45 15) placename:- Dovenby Hall |
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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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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1
inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29
Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774. D4NY03SE.jpg "Hall / Mrs. Irton" house by Dovenby item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) placename:- Dovenby Hall |
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| source data:- | Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181
Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802. goto source click to enlargeC38319.jpg page 319-320 "At Dovenby, on l. is Dovenby Hall, Lawson Dykes Ballantine, Esq." item:- JandMN : 228.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Ford 1839 map |
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| 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. FD02NY03.jpg "Hall" Building and park. item:- JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Dovenby Hall item:- date stone (1652); sundial; date stone (1632) |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "DOVENBY HALL AND ADJOINING REAR WING / / / BRIDEKIRK / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72578 / NY0948533192" |
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 sundial |
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| hearsay:- |
Includes a pele tower which used stone from the roman road; various alterations; georgian
front. |
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| The Ballantyne Dyke Family lived here in 1890s. |
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| story:- |
The hall is haunted by the Grey Lady; a daughter was refused permission to marry,
commited suicide and was buried in the park. |
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| notes:- |
Part of the house is a pele tower. |
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| Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS::
ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan and illustration |
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