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| Old Rectory, Great Asby | ||
| Old Rectory | ||
| civil parish:- | Asby (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY68041315 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY6813 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY61 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 22 3) placename:- Rectory, The |
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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 photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s placename:- Asby Rectory |
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| source data:- | Photograph, Asby Rectory, Great Asby, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer,
Ambleside, Westmorland, 1897. click to enlargeHB0014.jpg Vol.1 no.14 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. ms at bottom:- "14. / Asby Rectory. Asby. E." item:- Armitt Library : 1958.3165.14 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | site plan:- Historical Monuments 1936 placename:- Rectory, The |
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| source data:- | Site plan, uncoloured lithograph, The Rectory Asby, ie Old Rectory, Great Asby, Asby,
Westmorland, scale about 1 to 290, published by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments
England, London, 1936. click to enlargeHMW011.jpg On p.15 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland. printed, upper right "THE RECTORY, ASBY" RCHME no. Wmd, Asby 4 item:- Armitt Library : A745.11 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Old Rectory |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "OLD RECTORY / / / ASBY / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 73248 / NY6804713154" |
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| hearsay:- |
The rectory has the remains of a pele tower built 14th century. Lady Anne Clifford
was given shelter at the rectory from a storm, in thanks she gave the rector a door
lock - this is now in the church. |
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| notes:- |
14th century tower incorporated in house |
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| Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS::
ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan and illustration |
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