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Brandelhow Park, Above Derwent
Brandelhow Park
Brandlehow Park
locality:-   Brandelhow
civil parish:-   Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   park
coordinates:-   NY25102057 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY2520
10Km square:-   NY22

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 13) 
placename:-  Brandlehow Park
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.
OS County Series (Cmd 64 14) 

evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Branley Park
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.
image CL13P084, button  goto source
Page 84:-  "... Sailing along the side of Branley-Park, view the several delightful creeks and bays: when the sun has left this side of the Lake in the afternoon, the views on the other side are much more beautiful. This estate was lately purchased by Lord William Gordon, who is building a handsome house at Water-end, ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Der) 
placename:-  Branley Park
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of Derwentwater and its Environs, scale about 13 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"BRANLEY PARK / LORD WILLIAM GORDON"
woodland 
item:-  private collection : 169
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evidence:-   old print with text:- Farington 1789 (plate 3) 
source data:-   Print, engraving, View of Skiddaw and Derwentwater, painted by Joseph Farington, engraved by B T Pouncy, published by W Byrne, 79 Titchfield Street, London, 1785.
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Taken from the lake margin in Brandlehow Park. 
Plate 3 from Views of the Lakes, &c, in Cumberland and Westmorland, published 1789; with descriptive text:-  "A VIEW of SKIDDAW and DERWENTWATER. ... as seen from Brandelow-Woods on its Western Shore. ..."
item:-  Dove Cottage : Lowther.53
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hearsay:-  
The 108 acres were in danger of being bought by a property developer so Miss Octavia Hill and Canon Hardwick Drummond Rawnsley raised, in six months, the L6500 needed to purchase it for the National Trust.
Plaque:-
"Brandlehow / The First Property of the National Trust in this District / was opened 16th October 1902 by / H.R.H. The Princess Louise / Four Oaks were planted by / Princess Louise / Miss Octavia Hill / Sir Robert Hunter / Canon H. D. Rawnsley"

Richardson, Keith: 2011: Jack's Yak: River Greta Writer (Keswick, Cumbria):: ISBN 978 0 9559640 2 2

person:-    : National Trust

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