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Dalston Hall, Dalston
Dalston Hall
civil parish:-   Dalston (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY37675157 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3751
10Km square:-   NY35
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 23 14) 
placename:-  Dalston Hall
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.
evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Dauston Hall
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.
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Tower, symbol for a house, hall, tower, etc.  "Dauston hall"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Dauston Hal
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"Dauston hal"
circle, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Dauston Hall
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.
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"Dauston hall"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Dalston Hall
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.
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"Dalston Hall"
Drawing of a house. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Simpson 1746
placename:-  Dalston Hall
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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"... Dalston Hall, Sir George Dalston's. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Dalton hall
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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"Dalton hall"
circle and line 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Dalston Hall
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.
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"Dalston Hall / Davinson Esqr."
house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Dalston Hall
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 321-322  "A mile beyond [Rose Castle] ... and between 2 and 3 Miles further are Dalston Hall and Cummersdale, Seats of J. Sowerby, Esq."
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Dalston Hall
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 557-558  "Near Dalston, on l. are Cummersdale, and Dalston Hall, Seats of J. Sowerby, Esq."
item:-  JandMN : 228.2
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Dalston Hall
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
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Page 99:-  "..."
"Following, however, the high road, the only object to be noticed is Dalston Hall, now used as a farm-house. It has a venerable look of olden times: the outline is varied with turrets and battlements."
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Page 100:-  "Just below the parapet is a cornice ornamented with stone cannon, in imitation of the early invented ones, formed of bars of iron welded together, or rings twisted. It has long passed from the family of that name. A fine avenue of trees leads up to it, and commands, from the rising ground, an extensive and beautiful prospect of Dalston, the vale, the woods of Rose, and the distant fells. The traces of a Roman encampment are observable in front. .."
evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Dalston Hall
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"Dalston Hall"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old print:- Curwen 1913
placename:-  Dalston Hall
item:-  door; iron yett
source data:-   Print, uncoloured lithograph, Entrance Door to Dalston Hall, an iron yett, Dalston, Cumberland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1913.
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On p.176 of The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, by John F Curwen. 
printed at bottom:-  "ENTRANCE DOOR TO DALSTON HALL."
printed at lower right:-  "J. F. C. 1913"
item:-  Armitt Library : A782.32
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Dalston Hall
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"DALSTON HALL NY 376515 / / / DALSTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 78312 / NY3765851566"
evidence:-   old painting:- 
item:-  oak; tree
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Study for Tree in 'The Rookery', Dalston, Cumberland, by William James Blacklock, about 1854.
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An ancient oak tree with hollow trunk stands beside a drystone wall. This is a study for the tree on the far left of composition in The Rookery by William James Blacklock. 
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1949.37.1
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evidence:-   old print:- Lowther 1780s-90s
source data:-   Print, engraving, Dalston Hall, Dalston, Cumbria, late 18th century.
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item:-  Dove Cottage : Lowther.68
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evidence:-   old painting:- 
item:-  rookery
source data:-   Painting, oil painting, The Rookery, Dalston Hall, Dalston, Cumberland, by William James Blacklock, 1854.
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The Rookery 1854 oil on canvas by William James Blacklock . This oil painting shows Dalston Hall near Carlisle surrounded by ancient trees on a summer's day. A young couple wearing seventeenth century dress walk along the path leading to the hall, their backs to the viewer. To right, a second couple sit and a another woman stands in parkland beside the trees which surround the hall. Distant fells rise beyond sloping woodland. The figures cast strong shadows and almost have a photographic quality. The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1854. In this painting we can see Blacklock's characteristic and very unusual painting style. The trees are almost three dimensional. 
signed &dated at bottom left:-  "W J Blacklock 1854"
labelled at reverse:-  "'The Rookery' by Wm Jas Blacklock 1836-1855 Exhibited at Royal Academy"
labelled at reverse:-  "No 1 The Rookery W J Blacklock Cumwhitton Carlisle"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1946.67.1
Image © Tullie House Museum
hearsay:-  
 Pele built about 1500, has its original yett; additions in 17th-19th centuries. Closed to vists.
notes:-  
 late 15th century tower, hall, etc

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