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Hawksdale Hall, Dalston
Hawksdale Hall
locality:-   Hawksdale
civil parish:-   Dalston (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY37454772
1Km square:-   NY3747
10Km square:-   NY34

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 30 6) 
placename:-  Hawkesdale 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:-   probably descriptive text:- Simpson 1746
placename:-  Haukesdale 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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"... Haukesdale Hall. - John Nicholson's, Esq; ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
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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"Nicolson Esqr."
house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Hawksdale 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:-  "..."
"Proceeding onwards, Holm Hill is on the right. Not far from it is Hawksdale Hall, once the residence of Nicholson the antiquarian, who, in conjunction with Chancellor Burn, wrote a History of Cumberland and Westmorland, which no subsequent publications have as yet superseded. ..."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Hawkesdale Low House
item:-  date stone (1704)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"HAWKESDALE LOW HOUSE / / / DALSTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 78323 / NY3746447710"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"FORMER STABLES TO SOUTH EAST OF HAWKESDALE HALL / / / DALSTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78325 / NY3749247708"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"OUTBUILDING TO NORTH WEST OF HAWKESDALE HALL / / / DALSTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78324 / NY3744847729"

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