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| Whitehaven Castle, Whitehaven | ||
| Whitehaven Castle | ||
| Street:- | Flatt Walks | |
| locality:- | Whitehaven | |
| civil parish:- | Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | castle (ex) | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | hospital | |
| coordinates:- | NX97701784 | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9717 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX91 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 67 2) placename:- Whitehaven Castle |
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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) placename:- Flat |
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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. D49717U.jpg "FLAT" building  D49717N.jpg "Sir James Lowther Bart." labelled nearby item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Images © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Flat |
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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. D4NX91NE.jpg "Flat / Sir James Lowther Bart." house item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) placename:- Castle, The |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by
Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W
Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William
Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman,
Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd,
Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839. goto sourcePage 78:- "..." "[Whitehaven] ... The Earl of Lonsdale has also a large mansion, called the Castle. ..." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Whitehaven Hospital |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "WHITEHAVEN HOSPITAL OR INFIRMARY / / FLATT WALKS / WHITEHAVEN / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75937 / NX9770517846" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Built 1769 by Sir John Lowther as his own residence. 3 storeyed stone building of symmetrical design, battlemented. Centre block has semi-circular 3 storeyed turret containing centre 3 windows. Each end of facade has projecting rectangular tower. All windows have labels but new glazing." |
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| evidence:- | old print:- |
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| source data:- | Print, Whitehaven Castle, Cumberland, by W Kinnebrook, 1842. click to enlargePR1065.jpg In a scrapbook album. item:- Tullie House Museum : 1970.80.1.62 Image © Tullie House Museum |
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