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Greta Hall, Keswick
Greta Hall
locality:-   Keswick
civil parish:-   Keswick (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY26522379
1Km square:-   NY2623
10Km square:-   NY22

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CDX77.jpg (taken 16.9.2015)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 2) 
placename:-  Greta 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:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Der) 
placename:-  Greata Hall
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, ie Derwent Water, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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"Greata Hall / Mr. Wm. Jackson's"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.3
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evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Der) 
placename:-  Greata Hall
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, ie Derwent Water, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.3
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evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
placename:-  Villa Lucretilis
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 1805 p.1123  "..."
"As we crossed the rapid tide of the river Greeta, we observed, at the distance of a stone's throw from the road, an old embattled brick mansion, apparently an uninhabited ruin; in this however we were mistaken; it was the Villa Lucretilis of one among the celebrated of that Corpusculum Poetarum, who, it cannot be denied, have afforded abundant specimens of the exuberance of genius. His lyric brother occupies a cottage on the banks of Grasmere, for which, as his landord assured us, he pays an annual rent of 5l. - Sic itur as astra! ..."
evidence:-   old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
placename:-  Greta Hall
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, Greta Hall, Keswick, Cumberland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1857.
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"Greta Hall."
page number  "26"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.389.31
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Greta Hall
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.
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"Greta Ha."
block, building 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old print:- Nelson 1853 (edn 1880s) 
placename:-  Greta Hall
source data:-   Print, uncoloured, Greta Hall, Keswick, Cumberland, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1853 edn 1880s?
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On p.11 of Views of the English Lakes, and Tourists Guide to the English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "GRETA HALL."
item:-  JandMN : 474.4
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Greta Hall, Keswick, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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internegative at lower right:-  "[H. Bell]"
stamped on reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS281
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Greta House
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"GRETA HOUSE / / MAIN STREET / KESWICK / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / I / 71788 / NY2652223789"
evidence:-   old print:- Heywood 1906
source data:-   Print, halftone, Southey's House, Greta Hall, Keswick, Cumberland, from a photograph by A Pettitt, Keswick, published by Abel Heywood and Son, 56-58 Oldham Street, Manchester, and by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co, Ave Maria Lane, Paternoster Row, London, 1906.
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In a Guide to Keswick and its Vicinity in the Penny Guide Books series. 
printed at bottom:-  "Photo by / SOUTHEY'S HOUSE. / A. Pettitt, Keswick."
item:-  JandMN : 348.5
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evidence:-   old print:- Loftie 1875
placename:-  Greta Hall
source data:-   Print, engraving, Greta Hall, the Dwelling of Robert Southey, Keswick, Cumberland, drawn by EMW, engraved by W J Palmer, published by Marcus Ward and Co, 67-68 Chandos Street, Covent Garden, London, and Belfast, 1875.
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On p.11 of English Lake Scenery, by W J Loftie. 
printed at lower left, right, centre:-  "EMW del / W J PALMER / GRETA HALL, THE DWELLING OF ROBERT SOUTHEY."
item:-  Armitt Library : A963.2
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evidence:-   old print:- Sylvan 1847
placename:-  Greta Hall
source data:-   Print, engraving, Greta Hall, Keswick, Cumberland, published by John Johnstone, Paternoster Row, London, et al, 1847.
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On p.173 of Sylvan's Pictorial Guide to the English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "GRETA HALL."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1201.41
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evidence:-   old print:- Harwood 1842
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Greta Hall and Keswick Bridge, Cumberland, drawn by W Westall, engraved by E. Franis, published by John and Frederick Harwood, 26 Fenchurch Street, London, about 1842.
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printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "Drawn by W. Westall, A.R.A. / Ebngraved by E. Francis. / No.355 - J. &F. Harwood, London. / GRETA HALL AND KESWICK BRIDGE."
item:-  JandMN : 166.13
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Greta Hall
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Greta Hall and Keswick Bridge, Cumberland, drawn by W Westall, engraved by E Francis, about 1830s?
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printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "Drawn by W. Westall, A.R.A. / Engraved by E. Francis. / GRETA HALL AND KESWICK BRIDGE."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.151
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photograph
BRA67.jpg  Robert Southey, by John Opie, 1806.
(taken 9.7.2009)  courtesy of Keswick Museum.
photograph
BRA66.jpg  Bookplate of Robert Southey, designed by Thomas Bewick.
(taken 9.7.2009)  courtesy of Keswick Museum.
hearsay:-  
 It was, at one time or another, the home of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Robert Southey.
Charles and Mary Lamb stayed here with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1802.
hearsay:-  
 There are memorial tablets either side of the main door, which were unveiled by Nicholas Coleridge and Mrs Southey John, at the Southey Centenary Celebrations, 14 August 1943.
notes:-  
 Samuel Taylor Coleridge remarked on the view:-
"My God, what a scene! Right before me is a camp of single mountains - each in shape resembles a giant's tent, - and to the left, but closer to it far than the Bassenthwaite Water to my right, is the Lake of Keswick, with its islands and its white sails and glossy lights of evening - crowned with green meadows; but the three remaining sides are encircled by the most fantastic mountains that ever earthquakes made in sport, as fantastic as if Nature had laughed herself into the convulsion in which they were made."

Baron 1925
personal
person:-   poet
 : Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
place:-   home
date:-   1800
 to 1803
personal
person:-   poet
 : Southey, Robert
place:-   home
date:-   1803
 to 1843
personal
person:-   poet
 : Shelley, Percy Bysshe
place:-   home (?)
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