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| Crookdake Hall, Crookdake | ||
| Crookdake Hall | ||
| locality:- | Crookdake | |
| civil parish:- | Bromfield (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY19754430 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1944 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY14 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 36 3)  placename:- Crookdake Hall  | 
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| 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. | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Saxton 1579 placename:- Crockdale  | 
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland
                  and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved
                  by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.![]() Sax9NY14.jpg Tower, symbol for a house, hall, tower, etc. "Crockdale" item:- private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jansson 1646 placename:- Crockdake  | 
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie 
                  Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by 
                  John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.![]() JAN3NY24.jpg "Crockdake" Buildings and tower. item:- JandMN : 88 Image © see bottom of page  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)  placename:- Crokedake  | 
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 
                  inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the 
                  Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the 
                  Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.![]() MD12NY14.jpg "Crokedake" Circle, building and tower. item:- JandMN : 90 Image © see bottom of page  | 
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| evidence:- | probably descriptive text:- Simpson 1746 placename:- Croke Dake  | 
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| source data:- | Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 
                  'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller 
                  ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.   goto source"... Croke Dake, Mr. Ballendin's. ..."  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)  | 
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1
                  inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29
                  Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.![]() D4NY14SE.jpg "Hall / L Ballentine Dykes Esqr." house at Crookdake with trees around item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library  | 
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Crookdake Hall  | 
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CROOKDAKE HALL / / / BROMFIELD / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 411225 / NY1971444333"  | 
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 item:- date stone (1840); date stone (1893)  | 
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "BARNS TO EAST OF CROOKDAKE HALL / / / BROMFIELD / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 411227 / NY1974744358"  | 
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 | 
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "WALL TO SOUTH OF CROOKDAKE HALL / / / BROMFIELD / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 411226 / NY1972344314"  | 
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| notes:-   | 
            Possibly a fortified site, perhaps developed from a pele tower. | 
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| Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS::
               ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan | 
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