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Orton: Kennedys Fine Chocolates
Kennedys Fine Chocolates
site name:-   Old School, The
Street:-   Front Street
locality:-   Orton
civil parish:-   Orton S (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   chocolate factory
locality type:-   restaurant
locality type:-   school (ex) 
locality type:-   workplace
coordinates:-   NY62220822
1Km square:-   NY6208
10Km square:-   NY60


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BRX09.jpg (taken 20.11.2009)  
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BRX10.jpg (taken 20.11.2009)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 21 16) 
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.
"Grammar School (Endowed)"

evidence:-   probably old text:- Gents Mag
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.
image G823B324, button  goto source
Gentleman's Magazine 1823 part 2 p.324  "ORTON, built in 1730, and rebuilt in 1808, was originally endowed with an acre of land in Orton High-field by Agnes Holme, and afterwards Robert Wilson gave 5l. Thomas Addison 5l. and Henry Bland 10l. for the benefit of this School; and in 1781 Frances Wardale bequeathed 400l. to it, which was laid out by trustees in the purchase of houses and lands at Orton."


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BRX18.jpg (taken 20.11.2009)  courtesy of Kennedys Fine Chocolates
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BRX13.jpg (taken 20.11.2009)  courtesy of Kennedys Fine Chocolates
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BRX11.jpg (taken 20.11.2009)  courtesy of Kennedys Fine Chocolates
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BRX12.jpg (taken 20.11.2009)  courtesy of Kennedys Fine Chocolates
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BRX14.jpg (taken 20.11.2009)  courtesy of Kennedys Fine Chocolates
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BRX15.jpg (taken 20.11.2009)  courtesy of Kennedys Fine Chocolates
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BRX16.jpg (taken 20.11.2009)  courtesy of Kennedys Fine Chocolates
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BRX17.jpg (taken 20.11.2009)  courtesy of Kennedys Fine Chocolates


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BRX19.jpg  The Old School building.
(taken 20.11.2009)  

notes:-  
Built by public subscription, about 1730. Closed 1963.

person:-    : Kennedys Fine Chocolates
date:-   2000
item:-   chocolatesweets

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