Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| College, Newtown | ||
| locality:- | Newtown | |
| civil parish:- | Lowther (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | school (ex, perhaps) | |
| coordinates:- | NY52642417 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5224 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY52 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 7 8) placename:- College, 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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| evidence:- | possibly old text:- Gents Mag |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto sourceGentleman's Magazine 1823 part 2 p.324 "LOWTHER, founded in 1638, by Richard Lowther, esq. and his nephew Sir John Lowther, and endowed by this Richard Lowther, esq. with 100l. and by this Sir John Lowther, with 'one piece of ground in the Slacke.' A rent charge of 10l. a year is paid to the Master from the Priory of Lambly in Northumberland, supposed to have been purchased with the above 100l. given by Richard Lowther, esq. The School was built at Lowther in 1640, and in the year 1810 was removed and rebuilt near the village of Hackthorp, by the present William, Earl of Lonsdale." |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag item:- carpet factory |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.515 "Compendium of County History. - Westmorland." "AT LOWTHER College were educated the Earl of Selkirk, and late Duke of Athol. The college was coverted into a manufactory for most beautiful carpets, &c. of strength and lustre little inferior to those of Persia; intended chiefly for the owner's use, but a few were sold from 63l. to 105l. ..." |
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| hearsay:- |
Perhaps the school that was built 1640, and removed to Hackthorpe 1810. |
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| observation:- |
Now the offices of the Lowther Forestry Group. |
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