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| castle, Caldbeck | ||
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| locality:- | Caldbeck | |
| civil parish:- | Caldbeck (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | castle | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3239 (?) | |
| 10Km square:- | NY33 | |
| references:- | Clarke 1787 |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Clarke 1787 placename:- Caldbeck Castle |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland,
and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93. goto sourcePage 105:- "..." "I do not find any ancient authors mention a castle here [Castlerigg], Speed, who speaks of twenty-five in Cumberland, hath found out every one I ever heard or knew of, except Kirkoswald; how that has escaped him I cannot tell. I shall here put down their names, and, as well as I can, their most ancient owners, and supposed founders." "..." goto sourcePage 106:- "..." "15 CALDBECK. William de Vedey and Walter Maleclerk." "..." |
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