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Murton Hall, Murton
Murton Hall
locality:-   Murton
civil parish:-   Murton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY72952177
1Km square:-   NY7221
10Km square:-   NY72
references:-   OS County Series


photograph
BSV11.jpg (taken 2.6.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 10 13) 
placename:-  Hall
placename:-  Murton Hall
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.
"Hall"

evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Morton Hall
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
image
BO18NY61.jpg
"Morton Hall"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Murton Hall
item:-  porch
source data:-   Photograph, Murton Hall, Murton, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1895.
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HB0012.jpg
Vol.1 no.12 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "12. / Murton Hall. Appleby St. Michael. E."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.12
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Murton Hall
item:-  lintel
source data:-   Photograph, Murton Hall, Lintel Stone, Murton, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1895.
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Vol.1 no.13 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "13. / Murton Hall, Lintel Stone. Appleby St. Michael. E."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.13
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Murton Hall
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MURTON HALL, ADJOINING STORE AND AREA WALL TO REAR / / / MURTON / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 73373 / NY7293421766"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BARN TO NORTH OF MURTON HALL / / / MURTON / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73374 / NY7293421795"

notes:-  
14th century hall

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan and illustration

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