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Appleby Castle, Appleby
Appleby Castle
locality:-   Appleby
civil parish:-   Appleby-in-Westmorland (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   castle
coordinates:-   NY68471994
1Km square:-   NY6819
10Km square:-   NY61

photograph
BJY77.jpg  From Parkin Hill.
(taken 28.10.2005)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 15 3) 
placename:-  Appleby Castle
placename:-  Caesar's Tower
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.
"Appleby Castle / Caesar's Tower"
evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Apple Castle
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Apple Castle"
in  "Appleby"
evidence:-   old print with text:- Buck 1739
placename:-  Appelby Castle
item:-  Battle of Evesham
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, The North East View of Appelby Castle, in the County of Westmorland, drawn and engraved by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, published 1739.
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printed, top  "THE NORTH-EAST VIEW OF APPELBY-CASTLE, IN THE COUNTY OF WESTMORLAND."
printed, bottom  "THIS Castle with it's Lordship is remarcable for being the Gift of King John to John de Vipont, or de Veteriponte, as a Reward for his good Services; it remained in this family till the Reign of King Henry III. when Robert de Vipont joining in a Rebellion with Montford Earl of Leicester, was slain in the battle of Evesham; his Estate being seised, was given to Roger Clifford & Roger de Leybourne, who had Married his Daughters Isabel and Idonea, who afterwards deserved so well of that King, yt. he totally remitted the forfeiture of their father. Upon the Division of the Vipont's Estate, this Barony fell to the Cliffords, afterwards Earls of Cumberland, Ancestors by the Mother side of the Earls of Thanet, in whose Noble Family it is at this Day. / Saml. &Nathl. Buck delin: et Sculpt. Publish'd according to Act of Parliamt. March 26. 1739."
,  "[C R]"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.67.18
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Simpson 1746
source data:-   Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.
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Page 1022:-  "... William King of Scots took this Town [Appleby], and the Burgh under Stanemore by Suprize, a little before himself was taken at Alnwick; but they were afterward recovered by King John, who gave the Castle and Barony of this Town and the Burgh to John de Vipont, ..."
"... the Goal for Malefactors, which was formerly in the Castle, is now at the End of the Bridge. ... the Castle, almost surrounded with the River, and with Trenches, where the River comes not. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Hill 1754
source data:-   Town plan, A Plan of Appleby in Westmorland, scale about 32 ins to 1 mile, engraved by Nathaniel Hill, 1754.
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item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 211
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evidence:-   old text:- Morgan 1759
placename:-  Appleby Castle
source data:-   MG02q054.txt
"Appleby-castle stands on the brink of a lofty eminence, fronting towards the east, beneath which runs the river Eden. It is one of the seats of the Earl of Thanet, but of late years much neglected by the family. The prospect from the terrace, which is under the eastern front of the castle, is very beautiful. To the right, the river Eden forms a winding lake, the distance of half a mile, whose banks are clothed with lofty hanging woods, descending in a swift but regular sweep to the brink of the stream. Below, the water murmurs over a weir, where a mill adds to the pleasing sounds. On the left, lofty cliffs and precipices arise perpendicularly from the water, over whose brows oaks and ashes hanging, render their aspect more romantic by the solemn shade. On the ground above, the public road leading to Appleby winds up the hill, on whose side some cottages are scattered; whilst all behind the distant ground is formed by mountains shadowed with clouds."
evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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"Castle"
circle 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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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.
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"Earl of Thanet"
castle? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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evidence:-   old text:- Pennant 1773
item:-  Caesar's Tower; armour; Sheriff of Westmorland; Civil War
source data:-   Book, A Tour from Downing to Alston Moor, 1773, by Thomas Pennant, published by Edward Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1801.
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Pennant's Tour 1773, page 139  "[Appleby] ... on the summit is the castle. There are no remains of the ancient structure except a square tower called Caesar's, insulated from all other buildings. The principal edifice, of a square form, was built in 1686, by Thomas earl of Thanet, out of the ruins of the old castle. In the hall is a copy of the great picture of George Clifford earl of Cumberland, and his family, taken from that in Skipton. I will not repeat what I have so fully described in another place. Here is also preserved the magnificent suit of armour worn by him in the tilt-yard as champion to his royal mistress; it is richly gilt, and ornamented with fleurs de lys; his horse-armour, of equal splendour, lies by it. The history of this hero, and his heroic daughter Anne Clifford, is related in that of the picture. I shall only add, that she often sat in person as hereditary Sheriff of the County of Westmoreland in this castle, an honour brought into her family by her ancestress Sybilla, and which had been conferred on the great-grandfather of that lady, Robert de Veteripont, by King"
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Pennant's Tour 1773, page 140  "John, and continued to her descendant the present Earl of Thanet, who, in right of this his great ancestress, owns also Skipton, Pendragon, Brough, and Brougham-castles, and I believe Barden-tower in Yorkshire. The assizes are held in this town, and the Judges entertained at the expence of the Sheriff."
"I cannot trace the original founder of the castle; but, from the style of the square tower or keep, conjecture it to have been of the same aera with that of Brough and other Norman castles of the country. Doctor Burn says, that Thomas lord Clifford built the greatest part as it now stands; but it is evident that part was the work of the last century, and the keep long before the days of that fierce Baron. - The town, and probably the castle, had suffered many misfortunes from the inroads of the Scots. There was a castle here in 1174, which was committed by Henry II. to the care of Gospatrick son of Orme, who, in 1175, was fined five hundred marks, and several of his officers lesser sums, for delivering it up to William the Lion, in his barbarous invasion of the north. ..."
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Pennant's Tour 1773, page 141  "... The spirit of Anne Clifford appeared very fully in the beginning of the troubles of the last century; for, in defiance of her disloyal simpleton, she fortified the castle for the King, and gave the government of it to her neighbour, Sir Philip Musgrave. It remained in possession of the Loyalists till October 1648, in which year it was surrendered to Lieutenant-General Ashton, with five Knights, twenty-five Colonels, nine Lieutenant-Colonels, six Majors, forty-six Captains, seventeen Lieutenants, six Cornets, three Ensigns, five pieces of cannon, one thousand two hundred horse, one thousand stand of arms, and all the baggage; being the army which had blockaded Cockermouth, and which had retreated to this town on the approach of Ashton."
"..."
evidence:-   old text:- Camden 1789
item:-  assizes; gaol
source data:-   Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
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Page 148:-  "... the assizes held in [Appleby's] its castle, which is the county gaol, ..."
evidence:-   old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) 
source data:-   Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
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Page 157:-  "..."
"... The castle, now the seat of the earl of Thanet, is a square tower, surrounded by modern apartments, built by Thomas lord Clifford t. Henry IV. and repaired by the countess; in which are curious portraits, armour, and tapestry. ..."
evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Appleby Castle
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 289-290  "At Appleby the Castle, Earl of Thanet, and Rev. Jno. Moore."
list of seats 
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page 315-316  "At Appleby is Appleby Castle, Earl of Thanet."
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
source data:-   Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.
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Gentleman's Magazine 1814 part 2 p.627  "..."
"With APPLEBY I shall conclude, being the last of the four castles I visited"
evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
item:-  Caesar's Tower
source data:-   Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.
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Gentleman's Magazine 1814 part 2 p.628  "belonging to the Countess of Pembroke. This is the county town, an extensive place, of very high antiquity, though some doubts exist about its ever having been a Roman town, which many assert; but no fragments of this kind ever having been found it rests upon mere conjecture. The Countess herself believed the keep of the Castle to be of Roman construction; but there is no appearance of any such character. It may probably claim a date as early as the Conquest, which the general form and circular arches induce us to believe is near the time of its erection. It has received the appelation of Caesar's Tower, but from what circumstance is not exactly known. It has a square turret at each angle, rising above the battlements, terminated by a leaden cupola and vane, is surrounded by a high rampart wall, extending Eastward a considerable length, with two bastions; the North has one bastion and the entrance gateway. In the East and part of the North side are the dwelling buildings, which have been much altered from their original state. The whole of this is encompassed and farther protected by a deep foss, which in addition to its lofty situation must have rendered it a very formidable place of defence. The quantity of ground in the Castle Park, including the Castle, &c. is twenty-two acres and eight perches. The whole is now finely wooded; and the beautiful river Eden, flowing under the steep declivity towards the East, renders the scene particularly grand. ..."
evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
item:-  Civil War
source data:-   Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.
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Gentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.414 
From the Compendium of County History:-  "1641. Anne, Countess of Pembroke, 'in spite of her disloyal Simpleton', fortified Appleby castle for the King, and gave the government of it to Sir Philip Musgrave, who held out till after the battle of Marston Moor."
"..."
"1648. Oct. 16. Appleby castle surrendered to the Paraliament under Lieutenant Gen. Ashton."
"1651. General T. Harrison came to Appleby with his forces. ..."
evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
source data:-   Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.
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Gentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.514 
From the Compendium of County History:-  "... The castle [Appleby] was the residence of the Clifford family, of whom the high-spirited Countess of Pembroke frequently resided here. Here is a copy of the great family picture; the original of which is at Skipton Castle, co. York. There are four half-lengths of the Countess in the drawing-room. Here is also preserved the magnificent suit of armour worn by the Earl of Cumberland in the tilt-yard as champion to his Royal mistress Elizabeth; and his horse-armour of equal splendour lies by it. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Moule 1836
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Thomas Moule, published by George Virtue, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, London, 1836.
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"KEEP OF APPLEBY CASTLE"
item:-  JandMN : 5
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Appleby Castle
item:-  croquet lawn
source data:-   Photograph, Appleby Castle, The Keep, Appleby, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1907.
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Vol.1 no.1 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "1. / Appleby Castle, The Keep. Appleby St. Lawrence. E."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.1
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Appleby Castle
source data:-   Photograph, Appleby Castle from the Courtyard, Appleby, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1907.
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Vol.1 no.2 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "2. / Appleby Castle from the Courtyard. Appleby St. Lawrence. E."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.2
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Appleby Castle
source data:-   Photograph, Appleby Castle and River Eden, Appleby, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1907.
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Vol.1 no.3 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "3. / Appleby Castle and River Eden. Appleby St. Lawrence. E."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.3
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Appleby Castle
item:-  moat
source data:-   Photograph, Appleby Castle from the Moat, Appleby, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1907.
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Vol.1 no.4 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "4. / Appleby Castle from the Moat. Appleby St. Lawrence. E."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.4
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evidence:-   old print:- Curwen 1913
item:-  Caesar's Tower
source data:-   Print, uncoloured lithograph, Appleby Keep, Sketch of Caesar's Tower, Appleby, Westmorland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1913.
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On p.76 of The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, by John F Curwen. 
printed at lower left:-  "Sketch of Caesar's Tower, Appleby"
printed at bottom:-  "APPLEBY KEEP."
item:-  Armitt Library : A782.13
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evidence:-   site plan:- Historical Monuments 1936
source data:-   Site plan, uncoloured lithograph, Appleby Castle The Keep, Appleby, Westmorland, scale about 1 to 290, published by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, London, 1936.
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On p.8 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland. 
printed, top  "APPLEBY CASTLE THE KEEP"
RCHME no. Wmd, Appleby 3 
item:-  Armitt Library : A745.6
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evidence:-   site plan:- Historical Monuments 1936
placename:-  Appleby Castle
item:-  
source data:-   Site plan, uncoloured lithograph, Appleby Castle, Appleby, Westmorland, scale about 1 to 390, published by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, London, 1936.
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Tipped in oppposite p.8 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland. 
printed, top  "APPLEBY CASTLE"
RCHME no. Wmd, Appleby 3 
item:-  Armitt Library : A745.7
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evidence:-   site plan:- Historical Monuments 1936
source data:-   Site plan, uncoloured lithograph, Appleby Castle, Basement Plan, Appleby, Westmorland, scale about 1 to 290, published by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, London, 1936.
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On p.10 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland. 
printed, lower left  "APPLEBY CASTLE / BASEMENT PLAN / OF THE MAIN BUILDING / AND NORTH WEST WING"
RCHME no. Wmd, Appleby 3 
item:-  Armitt Library : A745.8
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"OUTER WALL TO APPLEBY CASTLE GROUNDS, FROM SOUTH LODGE TO THE RIVER / / SHAW'S WIEND / APPLEBY IN WESTMORLAND / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73719 / NY6864519721"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Mostly C18 and C19 but including some older work and much modern repair and rebuild. Sandstone rubble, between six and eight feet high, continuous."
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MAIN BUILDING OF APPLEBY CASTLE / / BOROUGHGATE / APPLEBY IN WESTMORLAND / EDEN / CUMBRIA / I / 73609 / NY6861819936"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Occupied as private dwelling. Grey stone rubble and ashlar. North wall of house, and west part of north wing, with round tower are C13. Eastern part built 1454. Partly dismantled 1648 but restored by Lady Anne Clifford 1651-3. House largely rebuilt in 1686, the north-west wing added 1695. Again restored, and sash windows inserted in C19. See R.C.H.M. Westmorland."
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"GATEWAY TO APPLEBY CASTLE COURTYARD / / BOROUGHGATE / APPLEBY IN WESTMORLAND / EDEN / CUMBRIA / I / 73610 / NY6855519940"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Probably mostly C17, grey stone, gateway battlemented. Gatehouse Cottage adjoins to west, long and low, two storeys, with three-light casement windows with flat -- stone mullions, and 12-paned sashes (C18 alterations). Castle Moat Cottage adjoins farther to west, single storey, studded door, two 12-paned sash windows. Both cottages are built into the C17 curtain wall."
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Caeser's Tower
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CAESER'S TOWER AT APPLEBY CASTLE / / BOROUGHGATE / APPLEBY IN WESTMORLAND / EDEN / CUMBRIA / I / 73608 / NY6851419930"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Uninhabited keep. C12 square keep on island site in court, stone, with round- arched entrance. Upper parts altered C17 and C18. A.M."
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"NORTH LODGE TO APPLEBY CASTLE / / BOROUGHGATE / APPLEBY IN WESTMORLAND / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73614 / NY6843720097"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Mid/late C19, contemporary with the gateway. Red sandstone with cornice and battlements, two storeys with cornice/string between storeys. Cross windows of four and six lights with moulded stone mullions and transoms. Stepped gable to rear. Adjoins entrance gates. Modern addition in angle."
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"OUTER WALL TO APPLEBY CASTLE GROUNDS, FROM NORTH LODGE TO SOUTH LODGE / / SHAWS WIEND / APPLEBY IN WESTMORLAND / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73718 / NY6837620056"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Mostly C18 and C19 but including some older work and much modern repair and rebuild. Sandstone rubble, between six and eight feet high, continuous."
evidence:-   old print:- Bogg 1898
placename:-  Appleby Castle
item:-  Caesar's Tower
source data:-   Print, engraving, Caesar's Tower, Appleby Castle, Appleby, Westmorland, by P M Teesdale, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.
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Included on p.117 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg. 
item:-  JandMN : 231.30
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evidence:-   old print:- Morris 1866-80 (vol.4 no.20) 
placename:-  Appleby Castle
source data:-   Print, coloured lithograph, Appleby Castle, Westmorland, about 1880?
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printed at bottom centre:-  "APPLEBY CASTLE."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.98
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evidence:-   old map:- Hodgson 1828
placename:-  Appleby Castle
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 4 sheets mounted together on linen and rolled, Plan of the County of Westmorland, scale about 1.25 inches to 1 mile, by Thomas Hodgson, engraved by W R Gardner, Harpur Street, London, published by Thomas Hodgson, Lancaster, and perhaps by C Smith, 172 Strand, London,1828.
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Vignette on map:-  "From the S.E. APPLEBY CASTLE The Seat of the Earl of Thanet, from a drawing by J. Henderson, engraved for HODGSON'S MAP OF WESTMORLAND."
item:-  private collection : 371
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evidence:-   old drawing:- 
source data:-   Drawing, Appleby Castle, Westmorland, The Seat of the Earl of Thanet, Appleby, Westmorland, by William Havell, 1817.
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View of Appleby Castle, Westmorland, the seat of the Earl of Thanet. Appleby Castle set on top of wooded hill in distance. A shepherd and his flock can be seen walking down a track leading below the castle. On the right two women are seen walking in the same direction. On the left a house set in woodland. The Castle is set on top of a wooded hill. One of a set of eight 'Drawings for a Pocket Book' intended to be engraved executed on the spot by the artist. Eight drawings pasted to one piece of paper all executed in pencil, brown wash and white gouache. 
at bottom right:-  "June 1817"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 2009.89.61
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Appleby Castle
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, View of Appleby Castle in Westmoreland, engraved by Thornton, published by Alexander Hogg, the Kings Arms, 16 Paternoster Row, London, late 18th century.
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printed at top:-  "London: Published by Alexr. Hogg at the Kings Arms, N0.16 Paternoster Row."
printed at bottom right, centre:-  "Thornton Sc. / View of Appleby Castle in Westmoreland."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.389
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Appleby Castle
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, View of Appleby Castle in Westmoreland, engraved by Thornton, probably published by Alexander Hogg, the Kings Arms, 16 Paternoster Row, London, late 18th century.
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Included in England Displayed. 
printed at top:-  "Engrav'd for England Display'd."
printed at bottom right, centre:-  "Thornton Sc. / View of Appleby Castle in Westmoreland."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.390
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evidence:-   old print:- Pennant 1773 (edn 1801) 
placename:-  Appleby Castle
source data:-   Print, engraving, Appleby Castle, Appleby, Westmorland, drawn by Moses Griffith, engraved and published by Edward Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1801.
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Tipped in opposite p.139 of A Tour from Downing to Alston Moor, 1773, by Thomas Pennant. 
St Michael's Church, Bongate in the foreground. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "Moses Griffith. Del / E Harding Sc / APPLEBY CASTLE / Pub June 1 1801 by Edw Harding 98 Pall Mall."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1057.20
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Appleby Castle
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, A Perspective View of Appleby Castle in the County of Westmoreland, published by J Hinton, King's arms, Newgate Street, London, late 18th century.
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Included in the Universal Magazine. 
printed at bottom:-  "A Perspective View of APPLEBY CASTLE in the County of Westmoreland."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.111
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evidence:-   old map:- Hill 1754
source data:-   Town plan, A Plan of Appleby in Westmorland, scale about 32 ins to 1 mile, engraved by Nathaniel Hill, 1754.
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"The North East VIEW, of the CASTLE"
item:-  Armitt Library : 2014.204
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evidence:-   old drawing:- 
placename:-  Appleby Castle
source data:-   Drawing, pen and ink, Appleby Castle, Appleby, Westmorland.
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item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.76
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hearsay:-  
 12th century keep, and other remains, plus additions in 15th, 17th, 18th centuries.
It was early inhabited by the Vipont Family, from whom it went to the Clifford Family in the 13th century. Thomas Clifford built the main house, 1454. After the death of Lady Anne Clifford, 17th century, it passed to the Earl of Thanet, and then to Lord Hothfield.
Privately owned; closed to visits.
ghost story:-  
 A ghostly white lady with a lantern used to haunt the castle. This was thought perhaps to be a poor maiden who hung herself for love, or perhaps it was Lady Anne Clifford. Lord Thanet stayed up to catch the ghost and, as reported by Poet Close:-
"He watch'd, and,- strange to tell, but very true,-
He met the Ghost upon her nightly round,
And broke the spell,- the Ghost look'd woundrous blue,
No less a person than his Cook he found;
She was the Lady dressed all in White,
A cotton petticoat around her head,
Who sometimes rambled in her sleep all night;
He woke poor Cook, and thus the Ghost was laid!"
hearsay:-  
 An old tailor in Appleby had a nightmare of the whole town beginning to sink, with a noise like thunder, into clouds of smoke. The last thing to disappear being Appleby Castle.
The old tailor was known to drink spirits.

Robertson, Dawn & Koronka, Peter: 1992: Secrets and Legends of Old Westmorland: Pagan Press (Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria) &Cumbria CC (library service)
notes:-  
 12th century earthwork, keep and castle

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plans and illustration
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