Dalehead Hall, St John's Castlerigg etc | ||
Dalehead Hall | ||
locality:- | Dale Head | |
civil parish:- | St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland) | |
county:- | Cumbria | |
locality type:- | buildings | |
locality type:- | haunted house | |
locality type:- | park (?) | |
coordinates:- | NY31371750 | |
1Km square:- | NY3117 | |
10Km square:- | NY31 | |
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BLQ11.jpg The present building encases the old. (taken 15.2.2006) |
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evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 70 4) placename:- Dalehead 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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Dale Head |
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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. D4NY31NW.jpg "Dale Head / Mr. Leathes" house item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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evidence:- | old text:- Clarke 1787 placename:- Dalehead placename:- Lyberthwaite Dalehead |
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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 source Page 117:- "... The family of Leathes came from a place of the same name near Wigton in Cumberland, and their present mansion is at Dale-head, or Lyberthwaite-dale-head; they are a very ancient and respectable family, and the grand-father of the present representative was High Sheriff of the county of Cumberland." "... The house stands pleasantly, and has a beautiful view of the lake; but in my opinion rather too high." |
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evidence:- | old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ambleside to Keswick) placename:- Laithes Hall |
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source data:- | Map, A Map of the Roads Lakes etc between Keswick and Ambleside,
scale about 2.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J
Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland and in London etc, 1787. CL9NY31I.jpg "Laithes Hall / T. Laithes Esqr." item:- private collection : 10.9 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) |
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source data:- | Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the
mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be
visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the
district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick,
Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur
Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49,
latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes. goto source Page 111:- "... Dalehead Hall, the manorial seat of Mr. Leathes, on this side, is hid by a hill [from the road]. ..." |
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evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H placename:- Dale Hall |
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source data:- | Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and
Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John
Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s. GAR2NY31.jpg "Dale Hall" block, building item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Dalehead Hall |
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source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "DALEHEAD HALL / / / ST JOHNS CASTLERIGG AND WYTHBURN / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72189 / NY3137517500" |
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evidence:- | old print:- Harwood 1895 placename:- Dale Head Hall |
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source data:- | Print, halftone photograph, Dale Head Hall, Thirlmere, Cumberland, published by Henry
Blacklock and Co, Albert Square, Manchester, 1895. click to enlarge HRW308.jpg Tipped in opposite p.56 of the History and Description of the Thirlmere Water Scheme, by Sir John James Harwood. item:- Armitt Library : A660.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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hearsay:- |
...the old manor of Dalehead lies below on the water-side. It belonged to the Leathes
Family from the days of Elizabeth I till Manchester Corporation bought them out; Thirlmere
used to be known as Leatheswater. |
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ghost story:- |
There is a ghost that haunts the high road above, the spirit of an inhabitant, who,
returning home one night with a tempting sum of money in his pocket, was robbed and
murdered, his naked body was found in the lake, with a deep gash on the forehead.
An uncouth neighbour was suspected, but nothing could be proved and the only punishment
was in the conscience of the guilty man and the ill will of his neighbours. The culprit
ran from his neighbours and went to live in a cave in the hills, which still bears
his name. |
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hearsaystory:- |
... Dalehead opposite was also a wierd place; sometimes a fire blazed out along the
roadside, above the trees, throwing showers of sparks, and disappeared leaving |
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"nowder a black pleace nur a bit o' gurse swing't nur nea udder mark o' t' fire." |
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There was a murder here once, and wherever a murder has happened the countryfok plant
a cutting from the ancient Yggdrasil of myth-lore, and it flourishes. Sir Hall Caine
worked the legends and scenes of this dale into his novel, The Shadow of a Crime,
... |
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hearsay:- |
Adam Leathes brought his wife to Dalehead Hall, 1577, claiming ownership of an estate
of the pastures and woodland, as well as the lake. Manchester Corporation bought the
hall and lake from the heirs of Thomas Stanger-Leathes, as part of their water supply
scheme. |
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