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Levens Hall, Levens: topiary garden
locality type:-   topiary
locality type:-   garden
locality type:-   yew

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CAZ67.jpg  Topiary garden.
(taken 2.7.2014)  
The topiary garden was designed by Monsieur Beamont, gardener to Col. James Grahme, 1689, being 'completed' in 1720.
The trees are yew, golden yew, and box.
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  topiary; garden
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Levens Hall, topiary gardens, Levens, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS310
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Levens Hall
item:-  garden; topiary
source data:-   Photograph, Levens Hall from the East, Levens, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1900.
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Vol.2 no.125 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "125. Levens Hall from the East. Heversham. K."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3166.19
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Levens Hall
item:-  garden; topiary
source data:-   Photograph, Levens Hall, Levens, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1900.
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Vol.2 no.126 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "126. Levens Hall. Heversham. K."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3166.20
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Levens Hall
item:-  garden; topiary
source data:-   Photograph, Levens Hall, the Gardens, Levens, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1900.
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Vol.2 no.128 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "128. Levens Hall. The Gardens. Heversham. K."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3166.21
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Levens Hall
item:-  garden; topiary; urn
source data:-   Photograph, Levens Hall, the Gardens, Levens, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1900.
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Vol.2 no.127 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "127. Levens Hall. The Gardens. Heversham. K."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3166.22
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evidence:-   old print:- Bemrose 1881
placename:-  Levens Hall
item:-  garden; topiary
source data:-   Print, uncoloured, Levens Hall Gardens, Levens, Westmorland, published by Bemrose and Sons, 23 Old Bailey, London and Derby, by A B Moss, Carlisle, Cumberland, and by T Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, about 1881.
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On p.22 of a Handy Guide to the English Lakes and Shap Spa. 
printed at bottom:-  "LEVENS HALL GARDENS."
item:-  JandMN : 455.7
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evidence:-   old print:- Philip/Wilson 1890s
source data:-   Print, engraving, Levens Hall, published by George Philip and Son, London, Philip, Son and Nephew, Liverpool, Lancashire, and Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, about 1895.
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"LEVENS HALL."
item:-  JandMN : 58.12
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evidence:-   old print:- Taylor 1892
placename:-  Levens Hall
item:-  garden; topiary
source data:-   Print, The Garden at Levens Hall, Levens, 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.204 of The Old Manorial Halls of Cumberland and Westmorland, by Michael Waistell Taylor. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A785.38
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evidence:-   old print:- Morris 1866-80
placename:-  Levens Hall
source data:-   Print, coloured lithograph, Levens Hall, Levens, Westmorland, about 1880?
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printed at bottom centre:-  "LEVENS HALL."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.101
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evidence:-   old print:- Sylvan 1847
placename:-  Levens Hall
item:-  topiary
source data:-   Print, engraving, Levens Hall, Westmorland, published by John Johnstone, Paternoster Row, London, et al, 1847.
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On p.27 of Sylvan's Pictorial Guide to the English Lakes. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A1201.6
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evidence:-   old print:- Rose 1832-35 (vol.1 no.58) 
placename:-  Levins Hall
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Levins Hall, Westmorland, drawn by Thomas Allom, engraved by M J Starling, published by Fisher, Son and Co, London, 1833.
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The hall is viewed beyond the topiary gardens. 
Vol.1 no.58 in Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland Illustrated. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "T. Allom. / M. J. Starling. / LEVINS HALL, WESTMORLAND, / THE SEAT OF HONBLE. COLN. FULKE-GREVILLE HOWARD. / FISHER SON &Co. LONDON, 1833."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.420
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