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Heversham Hall, Heversham
Heversham Hall
locality:-   Heversham
civil parish:-   Heversham (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD49398326
1Km square:-   SD4983
10Km square:-   SD48

photograph
BUA13.jpg (taken 8.2.2011)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 42 15) 
placename:-  Hall
placename:-  Heversham 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) 
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
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"Hall / Revd. Mr. Wilson Professor of Cambridge"
house 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Heversham Hall
source data:-   Photograph, Heversham Hall, Heversham, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1897.
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Vol.2 no.116 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "116. Heversham Hall. Heversham. K."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3166.10
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Heversham Hall
item:-  window
source data:-   Photograph, Heversham Hall, Heversham, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1897.
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HB0117.jpg
Vol.2 no.117 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "117. Heversham Hall. Heversham. K."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3166.11
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Heversham Hall
item:-  saw horse; pump
source data:-   Photograph, Heversham Hall, Ruins of the Tower, Heversham, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1897.
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Vol.2 no.118 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "118. Heversham Hall. Ruins of the Tower. Heversham. K."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3166.12
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Heversham Hall
item:-  barometer; dining table; table
source data:-   Photograph, Heversham Hall, the Dining Room, Heversham, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1897.
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Vol.2 no.119 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "119. Heversham Hall. The Dining Room. Heversham. K."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3166.13
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Taylor 1892
placename:-  Heversham Hall
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Heversham Hall, Entrance to Dining Room, Heversham, Westmorland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, and by Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892.
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On p.210 of The Old Manorial Halls of Cumberland and Westmorland, by Michael Waistell Taylor. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A785.41
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Heversham Hall
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"HEVERSHAM HALL / / / HEVERSHAM / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 76511 / SD4938283241"
notes:-  
 Until 1539 this was the base of the steward appointed by St Mary's Abbey, York, the overseer of local farm lands.
notes:-  
 14th century tower and later 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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