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Reston Hall, Hugill
Reston Hall
locality:-   Reston
civil parish:-   Hugill (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD45769858
1Km square:-   SD4598
10Km square:-   SD49


photograph
CAM54.jpg (taken 2.5.2014)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 33 6) 
placename:-  Reston 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.

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Wreston Hall
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
image
J5SD49NE.jpg
"Wreston Hall"
house 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Weston Hall
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.
image  click to enlarge
HA18.jpg
"Weston Hall"
circle; house 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.58
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Reston Hall
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"RESTON HALL / / A591 / HUGILL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 76472 / SD4575898573"

hearsay:-  
A poor boy called Robert Bateman was given a small sum by a subscription in the parish, which enabled him to walk to London. There he worked for a merchant, and became a partner in the firm. He was a trader in Leghorn, Italy, and became wealthy. At the age of 64, 1743, he set out for England, to retire to a new home at Ings - Reston Hall, which he had arranged to be built. On the journey home he was poisoned by the captain of the ship, who stole his cargo and returned to Italy. A portrait of Robert Bateman used to hang in the house.
Reston Hall has rainwater heads inscribed:-
"R. B. / 1743"

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