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| Dockwray Hall, Penrith | ||
| Dockray Hall | ||
| locality:- | Penrith | |
| civil parish:- | Penrith (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY514299 (?) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5129 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY52 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Clarke 1787 placename:- Dockwray Hall |
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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 20:- "[Penrith Castle] ... One thing however is remarkable; an arched, subterraneous road leads all the way from the castle to the kitchen-floor of an house in the town, called Dockwray-Hall, the distance being 307 yards. Such subterraneous roads were not unfrequent in these old fortresses, and were doubtless intended for conveying provisions, and preventing surprises." |
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