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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 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 33 6) placename:- Reston Hall |
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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:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) placename:- Wreston Hall |
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| 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. J5SD49NE.jpg "Wreston Hall" house item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd) placename:- Weston Hall |
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| 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. click to enlargeHA18.jpg "Weston Hall" circle; house item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.58 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Reston Hall |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "RESTON HALL / / A591 / HUGILL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 76472 / SD4575898573" |
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| 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. |
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| Reston Hall has rainwater heads inscribed:- |
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| "R. B. / 1743" |
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